Legal Opinion
Parkhurst v. Wilson-Coker
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 11, 2004No. AC 24117PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
Special needs trusts are trusts designed to supplement the benefits that persons with a disability are entitled to receive under various federal and state statutes. Congress has decided that the assets in a special needs trust do not affect a needy person’s eligibility for supplemental security income under the federal Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1382b (c) (1) (C) (ii) (IV) and (e) (5), and 1396p (d) (4) (A). The principal issue in this case, a question of first impression, is whether our legislature, in enacting General Statutes § 17b-600, which establishes an…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
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