It's a painful dilemma that parents of a child with special needs often face: to keep their child eligible for important federal and state benefit programs, the child can have few assets. That leaves parents with a difficult choice: provide a legacy for their special child and hope it will be sufficient for all his needs, or make the child a virtual pauper and retain his or her eligibility for government assistance. Fortunately, a Special Needs Trust provides a simple answer within reach of … [Read more...]