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The Law Office of Nancy L. Choate
367-A N. Parkway, Suite 5
Jackson, TN 38305
731-661-0665
The Law Office of Nancy L. Choate is a law firm providing comprehensive strategic solutions in the areas of estate planning, trust and probate administration, business planning, elder law and special needs planning. For more information, visit our website at www.nancychoate.com.
Third-party special needs trusts, as the name implies, are funded with assets that never belonged to the trust beneficiary, and they provide several advantages over the other two types of special needs trusts.
A recent Massachusetts case illustrates why trustees of special needs trusts have to be very careful before making distributions for people receiving public benefits.