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 Should I Set Up a Special Needs Trust or ABLE Account for My Inheritance?
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By Harry Margolis
In Special Needs Planning
Posted March 27, 2023

Should I Set Up a Special Needs Trust or ABLE Account for My Inheritance?

Question: I am having some negative luck with getting advice about trusts. I am on SSDI. My disability, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis began when I was three years old. I am now 62. I applied for [...]

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 Can I Create a Third-Party Special Needs Trust for My Son If I’m His Guardian?
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By Harry Margolis
In Guardianship and Conservatorship, Special Needs Planning
Posted January 13, 2023

Can I Create a Third-Party Special Needs Trust for My Son If I’m His Guardian?

Question: I would like to set up a Special Needs Trust for my 63-year-old son with autism. I have also been appointed as his guardian. Question 1: Does the guardianship interfere with the [...]

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 Can I Be Trustee of My Own Special Needs Trust?
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By Harry Margolis
In Special Needs Planning
Posted April 4, 2022

Can I Be Trustee of My Own Special Needs Trust?

Question: I live in Illinow. and am in the process of getting a divorce. I’m 61.5 years and have Parkinson’s and I am of sound mind and want to set up a first-party special needs [...]

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 How Can I Support My Disabled Son Without Affecting his Section 8?
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By Harry Margolis
In Special Needs Planning
Posted October 17, 2020

How Can I Support My Disabled Son Without Affecting his Section 8?

Question: My son, George, now age 49, lives in Massachusetts. He was disabled in a mountain biking accident ten years ago which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Although he has [...]

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 How Can My Nephew Protect His Social Security Back Pay Award?
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By Harry Margolis
In Special Needs Planning
Posted August 17, 2020

How Can My Nephew Protect His Social Security Back Pay Award?

Question: My cousin’s only son, David, who is 33 years old, just received notice that he has qualified for SSDI, retroactive for a year and a half. He had a brain tumor at age 12. The good [...]

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 Can I Keep My Medicaid if I Sell My House and Put the Proceeds into Trust?
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By Harry Margolis
In Special Needs Planning
Posted July 5, 2019

Can I Keep My Medicaid if I Sell My House and Put the Proceeds into Trust?

Question: I am on Social Security Disability, Medicare, and Medicaid. I want to sell my house in Tennessee and move back home to Michigan. I also have an Irrevocable Supplemental Security Trust. [...]

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 The (d)(4)(A) Trust Safe Harbor for Medicaid and SSI
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By Harry Margolis
In Long-Term Care Planning, Special Needs Planning
Posted June 16, 2017

The (d)(4)(A) Trust Safe Harbor for Medicaid and SSI

As explained here, Medicaid would count the funds in most trusts you created for yourself or for your spouse as being available if either of you were to apply for benefits. However, the Medicaid [...]

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