by Christine Brown | Aug 31, 2023 | Special Needs, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Planning, Special Needs Trusts
Empowering a young adult with developmental disabilities to live an autonomous life is a journey filled with unique challenges and opportunities. As a parent, you want to strike the right balance between enabling their independence and ensuring they have the necessary...
by Christine Brown | Jul 30, 2018 | Special Needs Children, Special Needs Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Uncategorized |
I’ve written many times about the importance of selecting the right person to serve as trustee for a Special Needs Trust in LA County. The trustee will need to make distributions, file tax returns, and carry out numerous other duties that go along with administering a...
by Christine Brown | Nov 24, 2017 | Special Needs Children, Special Needs Planning |
Children with special needs, or Children with Special Health Care Needs as defined by the Social Security Act, are eligible to receive a number of government benefits to pay for the aid, care, and services that are available to them. There are many ways a child can...
by Christine Brown | Aug 15, 2017 | Special Needs, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Planning |
When you have a child that may require a lifetime of assistance and care, extra attention must be given to planning their future. Our Los Angeles County special needs planning lawyers work with parents every day to ensure their disabled children have necessary...
by Christine Brown | Nov 17, 2016 | Autism, Special Needs, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Trusts |
If your child has been recently diagnosed with autism, you are probably feeling overwhelmed with this new direction your life has taken and inundated with information about how to care for your very special child. The good news is that there are a number of ways that...
by Christine | Feb 25, 2015 | Asset Protection, Bequest, Living Trust, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Special Needs, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Planning, Trusts |
"I think it's great because it's not overreaching and it's not underreaching. It just kind of fits that one spot where we didn't have something: How does somebody with a disability put some money aside to do something? To basically be living like...
