Practice Areas :: Children with Special Needs

Pennsylvania's Special Needs Planning Attorney

While it may be overwhelming for a parent to consider or plan for the future needs of children, it is tremendously important for parents of children with special needs. Parents take special caution through the years to provide for and guide special needs children. As the years pass, the legal hurdles often increase, causing need for experienced guidance.

At Robert M. Slutsky Associates, we offer caring and experienced legal advice to parents of children with special needs. We help provide resources for present needs and address future needs to ensure the children are protected and able to live life to the fullest. Contact Robert M. Slutsky Associates to learn more about planning for children with special needs.

Comprehensive Special Needs Planning Services

We offer advice, resources and assistance with all aspects of planning, for parents of children with special needs:

• When handicapped children become adults: As a parent, you have been capable of providing for your handicapped child, taking care of daily needs, managing health care, managing finances and all other matters on behalf of your child. When your child turns 18 and enters adulthood, you will not have the legal authority to do some of the things you have done over the years. It is essential to establish a guardianship and conservatorship so that you may continue to meet your disabled child’s needs.
• Care for your child in the future: As life progresses, there will come a time when you will not be capable of providing adequate care for your handicapped child. It is important to plan for these needs in advance to avoid crisis situations. We can help you appoint guardians who will continue to care for your child, determine if an assisted living facility is appropriate and help assess costs of future care.
• Estate planning and benefit protection: Because you were capable of providing for your child previously, the cost of care was not an issue. However, as the need arises for care from outside the family, additional funds will be necessary. We can help you proactively plan for these future costs by establishing special needs trusts. Under a special needs trust, inheritance and other assets can provide for the care of a child with a disability and avoid jeopardizing government benefits, such as Medicaid or Social Security.
• Community support: Robert M. Slutsky Associates offers resources to community support organizations which can aid in the day to day questions, benefit concerns and other issues facing you and many other families just like yours.

Cognitive Impairment Long Term Care

One of our specialty areas of practice involves helping the parents of children who were born with mental health problems such as mental retardation or who have suffered brain injuries resulting in cognitive impairment. We can help you find a care facility if necessary, so you can rest assured that your special needs child will receive the appropriate care.

We Can Help

For more information about Children with Special Needs, Elder Law, Medicaid Planning and Estate Administration, click here to contact us via email or call Robert M. Slutsky Associates today at (610) 940-0650. We are able to take appointments in our office, located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania or at your Philadelphia area location.