Elder Law and Special Needs Planning Group

The Elder Law and Special Needs Planning Group focuses on the legal concerns of the elderly and persons with disabilities. This Group consists of two committees – The Elder Law and Long-Term Care Committee, which focuses on Elder Law and long-term care, and the Special Needs Planning Committee, which focuses on legal and future planning for individuals with disabilities and/or special needs and their families.

Committee chairs and committee members are frequently asked to advise the Section leadership on policy positions to be adopted by the ABA House of Delegates. The Committees have been active in presenting CLE programs and in authoring articles for eReport, Probate & Property and the Real Property, Trust and Estate Journal. Finally, the Group hosts bi-monthly free Group calls with speakers. In the past the speakers have presented on such topics as: ABA Commission on Law and Aging, Special Needs Planning, Administering Special Needs Trusts, ABLE accounts, the World Congress on Adult Capacity, Medicaid Law update, Transferring Guardianships across state lines, Long Term Care Trust Act of Washington state, Nursing Home discharges, and Guardianships, to name a few.

Trust and Estate Groups and Committees (americanbar.org)

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