Legal Articles, Other
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Fairfield Country Day School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Fairfield Country Day School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Easton Country Day School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Easton Country Day School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Pierrepont School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Pierrepont School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Hamden Hall Country Day School
What to Do if Your Child is Facing Expulsion: Hamden Hall Country Day School
Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust is a legal document that allows an individual with a disability or special needs receive financial support while protecting their eligibility for government benefits. The trust is like a container that holds money and assets of a person with disabilities or special needs. The trust can protect this money so the individual can receive extra support while keeping their government benefits intact.
Special Needs Trusts in Connecticut
A special needs trust is set up for a person with special needs to supplement any benefits the person with special needs may receive from government programs. A properly drafted special needs trust will allow the beneficiary to receive government benefits while still receiving funds from the trust. There are three main types of special needs trusts, but first it is important to understand how a typical trust works.
Day Care’s License Revoked For Overcapacity and Disorderly Conduct
In the case of Elf v. Department of Public Health, a home daycare provider appealed a decision by the public health department to revoke her license. The daycare provider claimed that the department was absent of a legitimate legal basis and lacked substantial evidence. By law, a court cannot overturn an administrative decision, such as the one made by the department of health, if the record affords a basis of fact from which the department’s decision to revoke her license could be reasonably inferred.
Court Reversed Expulsion of Student, Finds Knife Allegations Unreliable
In the case of Balbi v. Ridgefield Public Schools, a student and his parents appealed the decision of the Ridgefield Board of Education, which voted both to expel the student for allegedly threatening another student with a knife, and not to provide alternative education for the student. The expulsion was the result of an incident that took place on October 8, 1999, on Ridgefield High School grounds.
Former Wife Found in Contempt For Refusing to Pay College Expenses
A decision rendered in the Connecticut Superior Court illustrates the potential consequences of entering into an ambiguous agreement regarding the payment of college expenses. In this particular case, the parties obtained an uncontested divorce on September 8, 2008. Pursuant to the terms of their separation agreement, the parties were each responsible for paying 50% of their children’s “actual college education.”
