Guest guest Posted May 30, 2002 Report Share Posted May 30, 2002 At 10:55 PM 5/30/2002 EDT, you wrote: >what do we do if we cant find anyone? We visited this very difficult topic this year. I've found that choosing the person to take our kids was actually a MINOR thing. The bigger challenge is the special needs trust! First, understanding the need for it. The SNT will help us before we die with the expenses for Andy's supported living. It can't pay for basic needs like food, shelter, or clothing, but it can pay for other things like his TV, a rifton bike, or a car for his support people to transport him places. The SNT is a place where our family members can put money for him both while they're alive and in their wills without jeopardizing his SSI or Medicare when he is 18 and make a signifcant difference in his (and our) future. We're contributing to the trust now as well. The royalties from my book due out in the fall are earmarked for the trust (we're looking into the legal way to manage this--harder than you think!). And in the end, it's this SNT that will help the most if one of us dies--regardless of when that is. Because Andy will be able to buy his future help. My brother is trustee (he's not who gets the kids if we die) with my father's assistance. It wasn't cheapto set up either--the wills plus the SNT ran us $2500 total. I paid for it with money I inherited from my grandmother in December. It's all so overwhelming. And all so difficult....and so easy not to think about. j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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