Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child's Financial Future (NOLO Special Needs Trusts)

Leave money to a loved one with a disabilitywithout losing benefits Use a special needs trust to provide financial security for your child (or anyone) with a disability, without jeopardizing important government benefits. Funds in a special needs trust, when used correctly, do not count against eligibility for benefits and can be spent to improve the quality of your childs life. This book provides everything you need to know about special needs trustswhether you make one yourself with this book or have an attorney draft one for you. The authors explain: how special needs trusts work the trustees role ways to pass important information to successor trustees, and the pros and cons of joining a pooled trust.