Special Needs Law Group Blog
Saving for College Part 1 (In Whose Name Should Funds be Saved?)
For most of us, paying for college for our children means some combination of 529 Plans, regular savings, our current income while the children are in college, and the children working and saving themselves.529 plans (college savings plans) really only make sense if...
Disinheriting a Child
It’s Your Money It should be possible to leave your assets when you die to whomever you want. We live in a country with little of the forced inheritance laws found in many countries. What little we do have is generally about not disinheriting the surviving spouse....
S-P-Speechless
M-O-Mom If you haven’t seen the prime time television show Speechless (Fridays 8:30pm Eastern|7:30 Central), it is a wonderful show about a family of five where one of the children has cerebral palsy. He is JJ DiMeo, uses a wheelchair and doesn’t speak, but is not...
Financial Institutions and Reporting Financial Elder Abuse
Immunity Readers of this blog may recall we reported on two new FINRA regulations on February 7, 2018. These govern securities professionals and among other things allowed a securities professional concerned about elder abuse to put a hold on disbursement of funds for...
Ridesharing for Those with Disabilities
SCOOT over, Uber and Lyft A Chicago area nonprofit – New Star – is working on developing a ridesharing service and phone app (like Uber and Lyft) that is focused on the needs of those with disabilities. They expect to make the app/service – called SCOOT...
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