{"id":62,"date":"2024-06-07T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angelagriffith.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:34:38","slug":"special-needs-trusts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"Special Needs Trusts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"62\" class=\"elementor elementor-62\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a29a301 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a29a301\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6400feb6\" data-id=\"6400feb6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f08f432 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4f08f432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b1fc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43b1fc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special Needs Trusts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c0c58d elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c0c58d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d73ef26\" data-id=\"5d73ef26\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d821a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39d821a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Special-Needs-Children-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-93\" alt=\"Image of children in wheelchair about to start a race | Angela Griffith Law\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Special-Needs-Children-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Special-Needs-Children-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Special-Needs-Children-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Special-Needs-Children.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fbc8e0b\" data-id=\"6fbc8e0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ec3310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25ec3310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Special Needs Trusts<\/h2><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">If you currently provide care for a child or loved one with special needs (some one with a mental or physical disability), you must have contemplated with concern about what may happen to them when you are no longer able to provide and care for them.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">While you can certainly provide that they receive money and assets in your will, such a bequest may prevent them from qualifying for essential benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">\u00a0and Medicaid<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"> programs. However, public monetary benefits provide only for the bare necessities such as food and housing. As you can imagine, these limited benefits will not provide those loved ones with the resources that would allow them to enjoy a richer quality of life. But if parents leave any assets to their child who is receiving public benefits, they run the risk of disqualifying the child from receiving them. Fortunately, the government has established rules allowing assets to be held in trust, called a \u201c<b><span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\">Special Needs Trust\u201d<\/span><\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b><span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\">\u201cSupplemental Needs Trust\u201d<\/span><\/b> for a recipient of SSI and Medicaid, as long as certain requirements are met.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Needs Trusts Special Needs Trusts If you currently provide care for a child or loved one with special needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelagriffithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}