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Parents devote extraordinary energy, love, and commitment to supporting their children throughout life. When a child lives with a disability, this commitment often includes long-term planning that extends far beyond the parents’ lifetimes. Ensuring that a son or daughter continues to receive consistent care, financial stability, and meaningful personal support requires a thoughtful approach to estate planning. Families in New Hampshire frequently rely on Special Needs Trusts to preserve … [Read more...] about Special Needs Trusts in Your New Hampshire Estate Plan

Estate planning is a crucial step towards ensuring the smooth transfer of assets and wealth to loved ones after one's passing. When a family member has special needs, however, the stakes become higher, and the process more complex. Special needs planning within an estate plan requires careful consideration of legal, financial, and emotional factors to secure the well-being of the individual with special needs while preserving family assets and intentions. To help you better understand, the … [Read more...] about Navigating Special Needs within Your Estate Plan

As the parent of a child with special needs, the need for comprehensive estate planning is increased if you hope to provide for your child financially while you are here and after you are gone. When your child has special needs, you must be careful not to jeopardize your child’s eligibility for state and federal assistance programs when he/she becomes a legal adult. Incorporating a special needs planning component into your overall estate plan is important. With that in mind, the Beverly special … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know to Protect Your Special Needs Child

Worldwide, about 75 million people, representing one percent of the population, have autism spectrum disorder. In the United States, about two percent of all children have a form of autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Even more shocking is the fact that autism prevalence has increased by almost 200 percent since the year 2000. Given the dramatic increase in the number of people living with autism spectrum disorder, there is a good chance that you have a … [Read more...] about Get Involved in Autism Awareness Month

Grandparents play a unique role in the lives of their grandchildren. Typically, they get to have all of the fun with little of the responsibility where their grandchildren are concerned. At the same time, they are able to pass down their wisdom and life lessons to their grandchildren, providing them with invaluable advice and guidance. Grandparents also frequently include their grandchildren in their estate plans. Usually, including a grandchild in your estate plan requires nothing more than … [Read more...] about Special Needs Planning for Grandparents

If you are the parent of a child with special needs you undoubtedly worry about your child’s future just like any other parent. You may not worry more than other parents; however, you may have more to worry about as the parent of a child with special needs. Will your child be able to live independently as an adult? Will your child need ongoing assistance as an adult? Who will help your child is something happens to you? Most importantly, how can you ensure that your child has sufficient … [Read more...] about Can Special Needs Planning Protect My Child’s Inheritance?

Every parent worries about providing for their child in the event they are suddenly taken away from the child. The parent of a child with special needs, however,  typically feels a more urgent need to plan for that possibility. In addition, as the parent of a child with special needs you are undoubtedly planning for the day when your child reaches adulthood. You already know that the costs involved in caring for your child can be high. Fortunately, there are numerous state and federal … [Read more...] about How a Special Needs Trust Can Protect Government Benefits

If you are the caregiver or loved one of someone with Alzheimer’s or special needs one of your biggest fears is likely that your loved one will turn up missing. Whether your loved one simply wanders off from the grocery store, or decides to take a drive and gets lost, the idea that he/she is out there somewhere lost and frightened is something you never want to go through. While there are steps you can take to try and prevent just that scenario from unfolding, there is no guarantee that it will … [Read more...] about Residents with Special Needs or Alzheimer ’s Disease Now Have New Police Program in New Hampshire