Child’s Personal Injury Settlement Includes Claim by Parents
DECEMBER 30, 2013 VOLUME 20 NUMBER 49 Helene Jackson (not her real name) was a minor when she underwent heart surgery, and the outcome was not positive. She was seriously injured, and her parents Stephen and Jacqueline (also not their real names) ended up suing the doctors and the manufacturers of medical devices used in […]
Arizona Restricts Use of “Self-Settled” Special Needs Trusts
JANUARY 12, 2004 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 28 Last week Elder Law Issues described how a “Special Needs” trust can be used to protect the beneficiary’s access to public benefits programs like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid (in Arizona, AHCCCS or ALTCS). There is one glaring problem with Special Needs trusts just now in Arizona, […]
Special Needs Trust Can Protect Benefits After Personal Injury
JANUARY 5, 2004 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 27 Joseph is eighteen years old and requires total care. He has been in his current condition, unable to speak or move and unresponsive to most stimuli, for five years. His family believes his condition is a result of improper treatment he received during a hospital stay, and lawyers […]