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Administration of Special Needs Trusts in Woodland Hills

Do you need advice about administration of a Special Needs Trust in Woodland Hills?  Our lawyers have over 26 years of experience advising trustees about special needs trust administration. Mina N. Sirkin advises Woodland Hills parents and grandparents about the details in preparing a special needs trust in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles areas.

Top 10 Tips in Administering Special Needs Trusts:

1.  Set up a Trust file, and read it several times.
2.  Create a trust inventory.
3.  Carry adequate insurance.
4.  Contact a financial advisor who is familiar with the Prudent Investor Rule.
5.  Have an accountant do your accounting.  Have him/her set up a quarterly upload of all of  the trusts financial statements so you do not have to rush at the end of the year.
6.  Communicate with the beneficiary, if possible.  If beneficiary cannot communicate, talk to  caregivers, conservators and other family members to get updates of on how the  beneficiary is doing at least once every two months. 

Attorney Mina N. Sirkin has helped thousands of Woodland Hills residents in administering trusts.  Ms. Sirkin is a California Board Certified as a Specialist attorney in Trust law by the State Bar of California, and regularly writes about special needs trusts administration and formation.  Contact: 818.340.4479 and [email protected]

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Special Needs Trusts Protect Special Needs Parents and Kids in San Fernando Valley and Woodland Hills Ca

For children and adults who receive  public benefits or Medi-Cal benefits, Special Needs Trusts serve a valuable tool in preserving assets needed to care for them in the future.   If a child is eligible to receive benefits in the future, a Special Needs Trust becomes an essential part of a parent's estate plan in protecting the minor disabled or adult disabled child.  This type of trust may be created as part of the parents' or grandparents' estate plan.   It is available both as a revocable trust and an irrevocable trust.  If you are a parent or grandparent of a special needs child or adult, you must consider this valuable tool in protecting the disabled person.  Leaving assets directly to a disabled person or child may disqualify them from certain public benefits.  

Create a Special Needs Trust to Supplement Needs of the Disabled Child or Parent

Forming a third party Special Needs Trust is just one of the techniques which provide supplemental help to a person receiving government benefits.   Supplemental or Special Needs trusts enable the trustee to use trust funds to supplement and aid a disabled person, without ever disqualifying them from SSI and Medi-Cal benefits.  Make an appointment with our Medi-Cal planning attorneys in San Fernando Valley to address your Medi-Cal questions. 

A first party Special Needs Trust is one type of trust which is used for assets of the disabled person, and in litigation and settlement planning for a disabled person.  This type of trust allows the disabled person or child to keep the settlement proceeds and the public benefits.

Caring for your special needs child or parent

Families with special needs members often struggle over many decisions involving the future of the special needs person.   We are here to preserve assets and government benefits and can guide you as to your choices in caring for the disabled.  Comfort and care can be provided with a Special Needs Trust for your disabled child or your parent.

Mina Sirkin is a Special Needs Trust Attorney in Woodland Hills, Ca.  Ms. Sirkin is a Certified Specialist Lawyer in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law by the State Bar of California.  Special Needs Trust Woodland Hills Ca.  Our San Fernando Valley lawyers are here to assist you with your special needs trust questions in Woodland Hills California. Call us at 818-340-4479.  [email protected].

If you are looking to protect a special needs person and need inheritance advice regarding a disabled child or disabled parent, please feel free to contact us above.

 

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Litigation Special Needs Trust Attorneys, Sirkin & Sirkin advise clients and personal injury attorneys on protecting public benefits for  disabled adults and minors when obtaining litigation proceeds creates the risk of loss of public benefits such as Medi-Cal and SSI.

Unlike other types of special needs trust, litigation special needs trusts are made specifically for litigation proceeds.   The court normally determines the reasonableness of the pending settlement and directs parties to disburse the proceeds to a special needs trust for the benefit of the disabled person or minor.   Minors' Compromise / Disabled Persons' Compromise proceedings are very complicated and create many risks to attorneys who have never dealt with public benefits.

Common cases where litigation proceeds may be ordered to a special needs trust:

1.   Personal Injury actions.

2.   Worker's Compensation settlements and awards.

3.   Trust/Probate Litigation cases.

4.    Conservatorships involving injury to the Conservatee.

5.    Elder Law cases.

6.   Any case were a disabled adult or minor may receive a judgment or settlement proceeds.

The main impediment in compromise actions is obtaining a bond for the trustee of the trust.   Contact our Litigation Special Needs Trust Attorneys in Los Angeles, and San Fernando Valley who can assist you in implementing the proper trust for the disabled adult or minor.

Frequently, we consult with medical malpractice, personal injury and workers' compensation attorneys and assist in formulating a workable settlement which includes special needs trusts and/or structured settlements.

Before you settle an action and before you agree to a structured settlement, call us to consult regarding the best vehicles in settlements of special needs adults and children.   

Mina Sirkin is a Los Angeles Litigation Special Needs Trust Lawyer in Los Angeles, California.   Ms. Sirkin is a Board Certified Specialist Attorney in Trust Law by the State Bar of California.  Contact us by email at [email protected] or at 818-340-4479.   Offices in Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills, California.  Special Needs Trust Attorneys San Fernando Valley, Special Needs Trust Lawyers San Fernando Valley, Special Trusts.

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