Special Needs Trusts Handbook

Today, professionals handling trusts for individuals with special needs must be familiar with a wide array of issues, including the ways in which structured settlements and 468(b) trusts work. Many people with special needs are either not competent, have a disability, or are minors who require the appointment of a guardian. Therefore, the guardianship statutes must be clearly understood. Even the most carefully drafted trust can be compromised by improper administration, so the attorney engaged in special needs planning must be familiar with the rules pertaining to the administration of such trusts.

Special Needs Trusts Handbook gives you instant access to:

Clear guidance through all aspects of Special Needs Trusts, in all jurisdictions

Instructions on how to define and meet each client s needs
Practical tools for properly administering Special Needs Trusts

A full understanding of third party and self-settled trusts

Complete coverage of structured settlements

Clarification of eligibility of various public benefits programs

Extensive guidance on drafting various instruments

Analysis of tax provisions

Thomas D. Begley, Jr. is a member of the firm of Begley & Bookbinder, P.C., with offices in Moorestown, Stone Harbor, and Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he concentrates on elder law and estate planning. Mr. Begley is a Certified Elder Law Attorney and a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and past chair of the Elder Law and Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Sections of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He received his B.S. and his J.D. from Georgetown University.
Angela E. Canellos is an attorney in private practice, concentrating on the areas of law affecting the elderly and disabled, with an emphasis on Special Needs Trusts, Supplemental Security Income Law, Medicaid, Guardianships, and Probate. She is a Certified Elder Law Attorney, and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Madison.