As a young adult with special needs approaches age 18, his or her parents will need to decide whether to pursue a legal Guardianship with the Virginia courts for the right to manage the child’s personal and medical affairs.
If
Nothing lasts forever. Your smiling baby becomes a child who becomes an adult. You change too. You won’t always be there for your child with special needs. You may already have a Special Needs Trust (SNT), but it’s important to
The Fairfax Virginia Social Security office, which used to be located at 11212 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia, has relocated to a new location. The new office address is 10800 Parkridge Blvd, Suite 100, Reston, Virginia.
Under normal operation, Social
Over the past year, we’ve all been confronted with our fair share of emergencies and natural disasters. In what felt like an instant last spring, life shut down due to the coronavirus. People on the west coast were displaced by
Parents often create Special Needs Trusts with lifetime care needs in mind. The resources put into the Trust are meant to last years, and in a lot of cases decades. While parents do their best to plan for situations that
The Social Security Administration has just announced that those who receive Social Security Retirement, Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will be getting a 1.3 % benefit increase in 2021.
The 1.3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with
The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for everyone, especially for children with learning disabilities and special needs. We know that many local children are struggling with school in an “online” format, while extra-curricular activities and support groups that kids may
I have been receiving a lot of inquiries recently asking me if the Courts are having Guardianship hearings during this pandemic. The answer is yes, with some changes to their regular procedures as indicated below.
A Guardianship is appropriate if an
The pandemic has caused unemployment rates to skyrocket. Millions of people have applied or are attempting to apply for unemployment insurance. Many are concerned on how this will impact their Social Security benefits.
Social Security Retirement:
Unemployment benefits are not
I have been asked: “Can I use an online template or do-it-yourself service to create my child’s Special Needs Trust?”
A Special Needs Trust is a very complex legal tool that rarely works as a “one-size-fits-all” solution. I’d venture to