In re Sutton

OPINION OF THE COURT

Renee R. Roth, S.

The guardian of the property of an infant (Stason) seeks *957permission to establish a supplemental needs trust (SNT) for the assets such infant will inherit as a result of his mother’s death.

Stason, who is eight years old, suffers from multiple physical disabilities, including a form of polio, which requires extensive medical treatment currently being paid for by Medicaid. Unless his inheritance is sheltered by an SNT, the infant will be ineligible for Medicaid until such inheritance is depleted.

SNTs were designed to protect the assets of a person under…