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A U.S. district court refuses to dismiss a claim for reformation of a pooled special needs trust to force the trust to distribute a deceased beneficiary's remainder interest to the [...]

A federal district court remands an SSI overpayment case to the administrative law judge in order to properly determine if a conservatorship account established for the SSI beneficiary was [...]

Florida ASNP member Scott Solkoff has been selected to receive the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys' 2016 John J. Regan Writing Award for his article "Report on the Patient Protection [...]

A New Jersey appeals court overturns the state Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services' denial of a woman with disabilities' request for a motorized wheelchair to help her get [...]

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a federal district court's decision to dismiss a case brought by a Colorado woman with disabilities who alleged discrimination after the state refused [...]

An Alabama appeals court rules that a Medicaid applicant's special needs trust is an available resource because the trustee had discretion to make payments under the trust. Alabama [...]

In some cases, the donor of a special needs trust may want to provide an extra level of assistance to the trust's beneficiary by naming a trust adviser to assist the trustee with trust [...]

You want to ensure that your child with special needs will remain financially secure even when you are no longer there to provide support, but determining how much a special [...]