Newsletter Archives - Special Needs

Special Needs family members require and deserve special provisions made for them in a family estate plan. Unfortunately, it is very common for people to either make provisions for them in an incorrect or incomplete way, or worse yet, not provide for them at all. In this Estate Planning Minute, Wes Coulson, Illinois Elder Law attorney, discusses another common estate planning mistake and the benefits of making provisions for special needs family members ...

Providing in your estate plan for a loved one with special needs requires that you be aware of and take into consideration some special legal and practical considerations. Those with special needs are often dependent upon government assistance programs to meet their basic needs.  The two most prominent of those are Medicaid, which is available to pay for  medical care and supplemental security income (“SSI”), which provides funds to pay for ...