The Importance of Special Needs Planning
Arapahoe County Estate Planning Lawyer
Some loved ones – for reasons of disability, limited ability or emotional
difficulty – will always need some assistance with the challenges
of daily life.
While you are alive and well, we know that you will provide these family
members with a safety net – making sure that they are safe and that
their day-to-day needs are being met. But what will happen when you are
gone? Our clients tell us that is what keeps them awake at night.
The challenge might seem overwhelming, but it is not—all you need
is an experienced guide, someone who can help you put a solid, reliable
support system into place to care for that special loved one. That is
our job, we are the guides—we understand the laws, we understand
your special challenges, we understand your concerns, and we know how
to address all of the important issues.
Special needs planning is a complex combination of legal tools, common
sense arrangements, and well-thought-out contingency planning. The plan's
goal is to provide maximum quality of life and maximum independence for
the special loved one. Our job is help you put such a plan in place, a
plan which takes into account your unique financial situation, your loved
one's unique challenges, and the current laws. Our job is to help
you sleep at night. We love this work, and it shows. Most of our referrals
come from various therapists, hospitals, clinics, schools, agencies and
other people who work with challenged loved ones—they know the difference
quality planning makes, and they know that our planning is simply the
best available.
Unfortunately, even though this planning is available to all families,
most people either don't put any plan in place for their special loved
one, or they rely on an inexperienced lawyer or financial planner, and
the plan just simply does not work—after you are gone and it is
too late to fix the mistakes, the plan exposes the special loved one to
unnecessary risks and disqualifies the loved one from important benefits.
These people didn't plan to fail their loved one, they just failed
to plan for their loved one.
Contact The Law Office of Steven R. Owens today!
It is absolutely critical in this area to entrust the future of your loved
one to an attorney who takes the time and effort to fully understand special
needs planning and who makes the commitment to keep abreast of the changing
laws. To learn which strategies will work most effectively in your special
loved one's unique situation, call today to schedule a consultation
with Steve Owens, a third-generation Colorado attorney who practices extensively
in the area of special needs planning.
Steve is a member of WealthCounsel — a unique national organization
focused on the full range of planning strategies available to individuals
and families. He is also an active member of Esperti-Peterson Institute,
the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys, the Trust and Estates
Section of the Colorado Bar Association, and the Estate Planning Counsel
of Southeast Denver.
Because we understand your concerns, special financing options are available
to families with special needs loved ones—we make quality planning
affordable for everyone. Whether you are located in Arapahoe, Douglas,
Denver or Jefferson County, The Law Office of Steven R. Owens can assist
you immediately!
Building effective plans for parents of children with special needs is
one of the things we really love to do. The process begins when you attend our
workshop
For the Love of My Special Child—Estate Planning For Parents of Children
With Special Needs, where you will learn what you need to do, and how to being this very
important planning process.
To learn more about how we can help you,
contact the firm today.