
Differences between ABLE Accounts and Special Needs Trusts
As government programs do not cover all expenditures related to these categories, ABLE accounts can be used to pay for shortfalls.

As government programs do not cover all expenditures related to these categories, ABLE accounts can be used to pay for shortfalls.

Special needs trusts can help fund quality-of-life improvements for the beneficiary, such as a phone, a trip or a private room in a group care facility.

For disabled persons receiving financially based government benefits, supplemental needs trusts (‘SNTs’) can safeguard benefits and serve as an effective estate planning tool.

Trust funds are an important estate planning tool. They can protect your assets while you’re alive and help ensure that you leave money to your children or other loved ones after you die.

Estate planning is not a requirement. No one can force you to make your will, create a power of attorney or to own your property in a way to avoid probate. As a result, people too often let common estate planning excuses stand in their way.

Millennials are finally embracing one of the cornerstones of adulthood, by writing their wills.

You created your revocable living trust to hold your assets. You did so because of the probate avoidance and other benefits. You may have included sophisticated tax-planning provisions in your trust.

What happens if you are named an heir in an estate but you don’t want it? Does it go the person’s children if you reject the inheritance?

Trusts can provide certain benefits for estate planning, including asset protection. But can you sue a trust?

Here’s what you need to consider, when looking to hire an elder law attorney.