A new initiative at the Law Offices of Rivkin & Rivkin (a law firm specializing in estate planning and special needs planning) will offer low-cost legal planning for a limited number of families that qualify for the services. The planning services include special needs trusts, simple wills, and power of attorney documents. The program is called the “Discounted Supplemental Needs Planning Program“. Qualified families will pay a fixed $500 fee for these services. (The going rate is in the thousands, so this is quite a discount.)
Up to 12 families a quarter will be considered for this assistance. To participate, the families need to be Illinois residents, have relatively modest assets, have not yet done estate or supplemental needs planning, and believe that the actual cost of such legal services would be a significant burden to their family. In addition, families must pre-register in order to participate. Each candidate family will need to attend an education session and, if they opt to participate, complete materials online.
The first education session will take place on June 2, 2012 from 9:30am to noon in Vernon Hills. For more information, contact Jennifer Axelsen at jaxelsen@rivkenlaw.com
“We know that there are many parents in the area who face the many challenges of raising a child with special needs. One of those challenges is obtaining a simple, but high-quality, estate plan that provides for their family – including protecting public benefits eligibility for a child who currently, or might one day, qualify for such benefits. Our firm is committed to improving the quality and affordability of this planning, and we are excited about the opportunity to assist some of these families through our DNSP program.” -according to Denise Kaplan of Rivkin & Rivkin, LLC.
