Description

This informative presentation focuses on special needs planning, including the importance of estate planning, the use of special needs trusts, options for selecting trustees, ways to fund a special needs trust, knowing when a guardianship may be appropriate, alternatives to guardianship, and an overview of government benefits like social security, Medicaid, other entitlements.

The goal of this presentation is to educate families who have a child, grandchild or even a sibling with a disability.

This seminar will be held virtually. On the day before the program you will be sent the Zoom meeting information by email. If you are using Zoom on a tablet or smartphone you will need to download the Zoom app. Make sure you check your spam folder for the email.

Registration is required online, or call 732-634-4450.

Tina M. James is an attorney and advocate. Her legal work focuses on estate planning and administration, guardianship and decision making, disability discrimination, and special needs planning for individuals with disabilities and their families.

She previously worked with a boutique law firm serving people with disabilities and their families, as a litigator with a national law firm, and served as a judicial law clerk in the New Jersey Appellate Division.