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What Happens to Assets Left in a Special Needs Trust on the Death of the Beneficiary?
By their very nature, special needs trusts (SNTs) are usually designed to terminate, or at least radically change, when the trust's primary beneficiary dies. But terminating a special needs trust is...
Education Department Drops Effort to Steer Additional Stimulus Funds to Private Schools
In response to a trio of federal court decisions, the federal Department of Education (DOE) has rescinded regulations that attempted to shift additional stimulus funds to private schools, which...
New Online Calculator Helps Parents Gauge How Much to Leave for a Child with Special Needs
Among the challenges of raising a child with special needs is figuring out how to provide for that child once you’re gone. If the child will never be able to earn a living, how can you determine how...
Consider Putting Recipients’ Pandemic Relief Payments in an ABLE Account
Like millions of other Americans, recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) have received or should soon receive a one-time $1,200 coronavirus relief payments from the federal...
What Taxes Are Due When the Beneficiary of a Special Needs Trust Dies?
Trusts are important vehicles in special needs planning. They not only set aside funds to pay for the care of the person with special needs while maintaining eligibility for programs like Medicaid,...
Disability Advocates Push to Make Voting Safe and Accessible in 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, voting by mail is rapidly becoming the preferred method of states and municipalities looking to protect the right to vote in the current primaries and the November...
Bill to Shield Caregivers From Employment Discrimination Is Introduced in Senate
In the best of times, those who care for a family member while also working can face difficulties balancing work and caregiving duties, and the service disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Illinois State Identification Cards for Person with a Disability
A special Illinois Identification Card known as the Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card for Illinois, issued by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office, is available for Illinois...
Caregivers May be Eligible for Paid Sick Leave Under Coronavirus Response Act
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued regulations clarifying that people who have to take time off work to care for family members with disabilities may be eligible for the new paid sick...
COVID-19 Raises Fears of Health Care Rationing, Disability Discrimination
As hospitals around the country brace for an expected surge of patients infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, fears have been raised that health care...