
Fridays with Filis Law Firm – Archives
- Transitioning to Adulthood, Guardianship and More
- Two legal considerations for your family when your child transitions to adulthood in the States
- Why do I need a 1st Party Special Needs Trust?
- Why Life & Disability Insurance is needed for both parents of a child with a disability (not just the breadwinner)
- What is a 3rd Party Supplemental Needs Trust?
- Divorcing with a child with Duchenne:
Legal actions to take to protect your child’s eligibility for Medicaid Waiver Programs and SSI, child support, education and medical decisions - How Medicaid Waiver Programs, Special Needs Trusts and Estate Planning fit together to ensure medical care for your child with Duchenne (in the States)
- ABLE Accounts
- Moving to a New State & Medicaid Waiver Programs
- Medical POA or Guardianship?
- Special Education & Section 504
- Ways to Avoid the Marriage Penalty
- Medicaid Waiver Programs & Special Needs Trusts
- Does the Caregiver Parent Need Life Insurance, Too?
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About ABLE Accounts (and more!)
- Legal Language that Relatives Should Use in Their Wills When Your Child Has a Special Needs Trust
- I’m an Adult with DMD. Do I Need a Special Needs Trust?
- Using an ABLE bank account to protect eligibility for Medicaid Waiver Programs and SSI benefits
- Recently Diagnosed
- Bullying at School
- Guardianships
- Protecting Child’s Medicaid Eligibility with Divorced Parents
- SSI vs. SSDI
- Letter of Intent for the Future Caregiver of My Child with a Disability
- Is My Attorney Qualified to Help with my Child’s Specific Disability?
- Why Are Medicaid Waiver Programs so Important to the Duchenne Family?
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