Lack of a Will Could Mean Chaos for Prince's Estate
The famed recording artist Prince died leaving an unknown fortune and possibly no will or estate plan to dictate what to do with that fortune.
New Rules Provide Protections for Retirement Savings
The Department of Labor has issued new rules aimed at helping those saving for retirement. The rules are intended to prevent financial advisors from steering their clients to bad investments [...]
Four Steps to Take Right After an Alzheimer's Diagnosis
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, it is important to start planning immediately.
Getting Funeral Pricing Information Is Difficult, Survey Shows
If you've lost a loved one, the last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time researching funeral homes to find the best prices. Unfortunately, funeral homes do not make it easy to figure [...]
Avoiding Pitfalls When Forced to Start Breaking Your Retirement Piggy Bank
The first of the 75 million baby boomers began turning 70 this year (2016). Becoming a septuagenarian is a milestone in itself, but it also means that soon the IRS will likely be [...]
Program Provides Tax Benefits to Workers Shouldering Care Expenses
Workers who must pay for the care of a dependent relative, including a child with special needs, so that they can continue to work can get a significant tax benefit under a little-known [...]
Representing and Acting as Trustee of a Special Needs Trust
In this paper, Michigan ASNP Member Patricia Kefalas Dudek explains how “the right combination of legal advocacy and a Trustee that performs their duties as Trustee in accordance with the [...]
Don't Forget: Some SSI Beneficiaries Can Switch to SSDI When a Parent's Circumstances Change
Because of her disability, a person receiving SSI may not have worked long enough to qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits on her own work record, but many SSI [...]
New SSA Policy Makes It Easier to Understand Why Your Special Needs Trust Was Rejected
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently issued an Emergency Message to all personnel requiring workers to specifically inform Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants or [...]
Department of Labor Issues Guide for Employing Home Care Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor has just published an easy-to-use guide for families titled Paying Minimum Wage and Overtime to Home Care Workers: A Guide for Consumers and Their Families to [...]
