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Spotlight on Estate Planning: Everything You Need to Know About Special Needs Trusts

This post discusses the importance of special needs trusts (SNTs) in disability estate planning, emphasizing their role in protecting assets and maintaining eligibility for benefits for individuals with disabilities. With many Americans affected, SNTs offer tailored solutions, and the evolving landscape promises better support through individual and institutional models.

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Top Five Benefits of Establishing a Special Needs Trust in 2025

Special needs trusts offer essential benefits for families caring for loved ones with disabilities. They protect assets, ensuring eligibility for crucial government benefits, effectively manage costs, and strengthen family relationships by alleviating emotional burdens. Additionally, planned financial gifts to these trusts prevent unintended consequences, safeguarding benefits and reducing tax implications.

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PODCAST The Financial Guardian: Establishing a Special Needs Trust

Episode 14 of the Be Your Money Hero Podcast features Lisa Cohen, CEO of Visible National Trust, discussing special needs estate planning. She offers valuable insights into special needs trusts, their significance, processes, and common misconceptions. This episode serves as an essential guide for families caring for loved ones with disabilities, ensuring financial security.

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CASE STUDY Personal Injury Settlements

Visible National Trust is a leading provider of financial solutions for families with special needs, offering a comprehensive approach to managing personal injury settlements. In this case study, we explore

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CASE STUDY Sibling Trustees

The Situation: Meet Alex, a devoted younger sibling who shouldered the responsibility of managing their sibling’s Special Needs Trust. Alex is overwhelmed and burned out by the complexities, time commitment,

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CASE STUDY Estate Planning

Wealth advisors serving families with substantial assets face unique challenges when crafting an estate plan that includes lifetime support for a disabled adult (or young) child. Traditional estate planning strategies

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Institutional (Pooled) Special Needs Trusts in the News

We are delighted to see this story by John Kador for Wealthmanagement.com sharing how pooled special needs trusts help Wealth Advisors meet the estate planning needs of families caring for

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Visible National Trust Calls for Flight to Quality in Special Needs Trusts

BOSTON, Feb. 15, 2024 – Visible National Trust, the first and only national special needs trust platform run by independent national and global financial institutions and financial professionals, says that

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Disability Financial Planning Affects 25% of People in the U.S.

A just-released FUSE Research report published in conjunction with WealthManagement.com confirms that advisors continue to be on the hunt for business-building ideas and tools. For maximum effectiveness, these approaches also

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Disability Financial Planning: What’s at Stake for Advisors

wealthmanagement.com Midyear Outlook By Lisa A. Cohen According to the CDC, one in four people in the U.S. are disabled. The Census Bureau reports that statistic at 1:7. In total,

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