Special Needs Children

In Securing Future for a Disable Child, USA Today, June 24, 2005, Sandra Block provides an overview of factors that a parent of a disabled child should consider to provide for the child’s care such as a special needs trust.

The key considerations for a special needs trust include:

• a letter of intent,
• a carefully selected trustee, and
• a proper method of funding the trust.

The article also reports a MetLife survey that a majority of parents of special needs children have not even prepared a will.