Allowable Expenses for a Special Needs Trust
A Special Needs Trust (SNT), also sometimes referred to as Supplemental Needs Trust, is used to provide supplemental benefits to seniors or individuals with a disability without disqualifying them for [...]
The Importance of Letters of Intent
While it’s important for the parents of a child with special needs to provide for the child’s financial well-being in their estate plan, it’s equally important to address the issue [...]
Special Needs Planning and Divorce
When a couple is divorcing, it is important that they do not forget their commitments to their child with special needs. Most importantly, any child support for the child with [...]
SEC Expands Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Rules
<!– @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } –> On February 28, the SEC expanded its rules regarding executive compensation and corporate [...]
Revocable and Irrevocable Living Special Needs Trusts
Once you have decided to establish a Living Special Needs Trust, you must also decide whether or not this trust will be revocable or irrevocable. There are benefits and drawbacks [...]
When Medications Go Wrong, Fault Must Be Determined
When a patient takes a medication the doctor prescribed and something bad happens, the question of fault often arises. “I’ve had a number of clients that were taking a medication [...]
Traumatic Brain Injury Is Not Always Immediately Apparent
Traumatic brain injury can’t be seen and is often not diagnosed until it may be too late. “In my line of work I see many cases of traumatic brain injury, [...]
When the Wrong Person Gets Surgery, You Get Medical Malpractice
You’d like to think that when you go for an operation, that you actually “get” that operation. There have been cases of wrong person surgery. Unfortunately, because doctors are human, [...]
When the Lights Go Out You Want to Be Safe
There is nothing worse than dreading anesthesia in the hospital. The outcome may not always be good. If you’ve ever been in a hospital for surgery of some sort, you’ve [...]
Criminally speaking – what not to do when arrested
There are just some things a person who has been arrested or about to be arrested should not do. “While this may seem to be a no-brainer, there are a [...]