How Special Needs Planning Protects Your Loved Ones

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Special needs planning protects your loved ones in a number of ways. Find out how simple it is to set up a special needs trust to protect your loved ones and keep them eligible for other types of assistance

With professional special needs planning, you can rest assured that money set aside for a loved ones care will be protected, as well as not hinder their ability to receive other kinds of assistance. Not only do special needs trusts ensure that allotted funds go directly to paying for the care and needs of your loved one, but also separate these funds from ownership of your loved one, so that he or she may still be eligible for financial assistance which may not otherwise be available if the same funds were left directly as an inheritance.

Planning for someone with special needs must be done very carefully and with great attention to detail when it comes to financial security. While a simple Will may have been sufficient to outline care instructions in the past, the times have changed considerably. Nowadays, to protect a loved one who has special needs, a thorough estate plan with focus on special needs planning, is absolutely necessary.

As touched on briefly above, a primary method of providing for a loved one is to establish a Special Needs Trust, so that parents, grandparents or other guardians have access to the funds to pay for caretaking. Setting up a special needs trust is relatively straightforward process you can start today by contacting us.

The main areas of consideration when setting up such a trust are:
Who will be appropriate guardians for your loved one?
Who will be a suitable Trustee to manage the trusts finances?
Outline details about education, housing, personal and emotional needs

Our law firm has helped many families build solid special needs plans, geared to provide the best financial and legal security possible. Contact us today for more special needs planning information tailored to your specific situation.

About the Author:
Paul Kraft is co-founder and administrative principal of Frank & Kraft, P.C., one of the leading law firms in Indiana in the area of estate planning as well as business, tax and financial planning. For more information on special needs planning and other estate planning services, visit our website.



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