Special Needs Trusts Drafting Camp (download)

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Drafting self-settled and third party special needs trusts can often be challenging as there are numerous issues to consider: tax treatment of assets, whether a third party trust should be revocable or irrevocable, how to deal with retirement assets, what constitutes “seed money” for a self-settled special needs trust, and when are Medicare Set-Aside provisions necessary, to name a few. ElderCounsel is proud to offer a 3-part webinar series featuring national special needs planning experts, Brad Frigon and Steve Dale.

Topics Covered:

Part 1: Self Settled Special Needs Trust (90 minutes)

1. Self settled vs third party SNTs
2. Differences between SSI and SSDI
3. Options to maintain eligibility
4. Special Needs Trust requirements
5. First party SNT – (d)(4)(a)
6. Distribution standard – sole benefit
7. Statement of Grantor’s Intent – Section 1.04
8. Distribution of income and principal – Section 2.01
9. Duty to supplement and not supplement government benefits – Section 2.03
10. Discretionary distributions – Section 2.05
11. Prohibited expenses and payment
12. Maintenance of contact with family members – Section 2.06
13. (d)(4)(a) Disability trust lien payment
14. (d)(4)(a) Disability payback provision
15. Administration of SNT upon death
16. 1st party SNT tax treatment
17. Medicare secondary payor statute history
18. MSA funds and Medicaid eligibility
19. Statement of trustmaker’s intent – Section 1.04
20. First party SNT case studies

Part 2: Third Party Supplemental Needs Trusts (90 minutes)

1. Taxation of a special needs trust
2. Third party and self settled special needs trusts – Review
3. Compliance issues of 3rd party SNTs
4. Why would you make a trust irrevocable?
5. Reformation and amendment – Section 1.08
6. Compliance issues of 3rd party SNTs
7. Simple vs. complex trusts
8. IRA accounts and trust rules
9. Multiple beneficiaries and separate account rule
10. Required distributions after death terminology
11. Calculating RMDs for a beneficiary
12. No designated beneficiary
13. DB and RMD rules for trusts
14. Qualified designated beneficiary trust
15. Conduit trust
16. Accumulation trust
17. Case study example
18. Deductible expenses
19. 3rd party qualified disability trust deduction

Part 3: Third Party Supplemental Needs Trusts (90 minutes)

1. Elements of a Special Needs trust
2. Third party trust
3. Supplemental vs. discretionary distribution standards
4. ElderCounsel language for a discretionary trust
5. Can my special needs trust pay my rent?
6. Trustee options
   • Model 1 – Trust directed by an advisory committee
   • Model 2 – Trust directed by a care manager
   • Model 3 – Limited purpose trust
   • Model 4 – Pooled trust directed by a trust advisory committee
7. Advisory committees
8. The power to hire and fire the trustee
9. Distribution plans
10. Pooled trust option
11. Integrating a pooled trust into your practice