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Planning for the Future
L. Mark Russell
Arnold E. Grant
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Summary
The single most important concern in the mind of any parent who has a child with a disability, regardless of the age of the child, is what will happen to the child after the parent has died. We are pleased to announce publication of the completely revised and rewritten fifth edition of our book, Planning For The Future, which discusses in an easy to understand way all the steps that parents should take to assure a secure life for their son or daughter.
Critical issues discussed in the book include:
- What residential options are available for your child? What educational, employment, and social programs are available?
- Who will look after your child's interests after you are gone? What are the benefits and detriments of legal guardianship? What are the alternatives? How can you communicate vital information about your son or daughter to future caregivers?
- What types of government benefits are potentially available? How do you assure eligibility and maximize benefits? How can you leave assets for your son or daughter without imperiling eligibility for government benefits?
- How can you protect yourself and your child against dissipation of your estate in the event that you require nursing home care?
- How much must you leave for your son or daughter to protect his or her future? How do you reduce the cost of administering your estate? What can you do about estate tax? What income tax benefits are available to families that have a son or daughter with a disability?
- And much much more.
The book is over 650 pages long and answers every question the authors have been asked over their collective thirty-plus years of experience in advising families who have a son or daughter with a disability. The newly revised and greatly expanded reference guide belongs on the book shelves of everyone who cares about the future well-being of a person with a disability.
Review
I just wanted to share this book with those who may be interested. It is so detailed - I have never seen so much information in one place in my entire life about future planning for a child with a disability. The first section just blew me away - the second and third - same thing. I look forward to finishing the remaining 400 pages of this whopper of a book (which is 642 pages in length). This book has already answered every single question that I've ever had about the future, in regards to my son, who has Autism. I would venture to say that the education that I have received in the first 240 pages makes it worth every single penny - and then some. Everything from the differences in housing options to caregiver options to community living to managing finances to specifying your child's joys so that they may continue after your death (even down to writing a letter of intent which specifies that your child likes to bowl or go to the movies!). Over and over again I've seen the authors stress how important it is to GET INPUT FROM THE PERSON WITH THE DISABILITY and to TELL THE PEOPLE WHO YOU EXPECT TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD about your decisions, which involve them. Readers are prodded to write a "letter of intent" and to revise it each year so that it's always current and changes with the needs of your child. The book is expensive but if you're looking into this topic, I would highly recommend making this purchase before consulting an attorney or hiring someone blindly. Please note that this is not my "formal" review but is my way of sharing this book NOW instead of waiting until I'm completely finished.
Amazing Book on Future Planning, September 5, 2005
Jackie Igafo Teo, Jackson, MI
About the Authors
L. Mark Russell, who has an older brother dual diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability and mental illness, has concentrated his law practice for over fifteen years on estate planning for families who have a child with a disability, advising hundreds of families. He is a nationally recognized conference speaker, regularly speaking to national, state, and local disability organizations across the country, including seminars for Public Television. Mr. Russell, formerly Of Counsel to Estate Planning for Persons with Disabilities (EPPD), also helped train a national network of attorneys and financial planners in this field. Mr. Russell has had an active career in working with charities, including Executive Director of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), a national brain research foundation, and he was a founding member and early board member of PACT, one of the first private, charitable advocacy and guardianship organizations in the country. Mr. Russell received his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Northwestern University in 1977 and his law degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Kent College of Law in 1981, Magna Cum Laude, with a Baker and McKeniz Academic Scholarship and American Jurisprudence Awards in property law and civil procedure. Mr. Russell is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorney (NAELA). Mr. Russell began writing in this field in 1983, and has co-authored the book The Life Planning Workbook and has written articles for magazines, including Exceptional Parent Magazine.
Arnold E. Grant is a partner in the Chicago office of McGuireWoods LLP, a nationally recognized law firm with more than 700 attorneys. His practice focuses on tax and estate planning issues, and he has advised hundreds of families who have a child with a disability on estate and life planning matters. Mr. Grant has been named a member of the leading lawyer network, which is a peer selected listing of the top 5% of the lawyers in the state of Illinois. Mr. Grant earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Washington University in 1980 and a law degree from the University of Chicago law school, graduating in the top 15% of his class. Prior to entering law school, he was a student on academic scholarship in the graduate school of philosophy at Princeton University. Mr Grant is a former adjunct professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a former chairman of the Corporate Tax Division of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Grant writes and lectures frequently on legal related subjects. Mr. Grant co-authored the book The Life Planning Workbook and has written articles in this field for Exceptional Parent Magazine. Mr. Grant had a brother-in-law (now deceased) with a severe intellectual disability.
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