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When families create special needs trusts with different philosophies

My adult child has an intellectual disability and my siblings and I are trying to set up a special needs trust but we're fighting about how much control to give them over the money versus protecting them from making costly mistakes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Protective intentions clash with autonomy values when designing financial structures that will outlast current relationships.

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