Legal Opinion
In re the Establishment of a Supplemental Needs Trust for Kennedy
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 6, 2004PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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John B. Riordan, J.
In this proceeding to establish a supplemental needs trust solely with Social Security disability payments, the petitioner is Hope Kennedy, the guardian of the person and property of John Kennedy, a disabled person who is under the age of 65. Supplemental needs trusts are funded with resources of a disabled individual under the age of 65 and applications to establish such trusts are routinely granted (see Matter of Goldblatt, 162 Misc 2d 888 [1994]; Matter of Morales, NYLJ, July 28, 1995, at 25, col 1). The instant proceeding, however, is atypical in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Mathews v. De CastroSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kevin Bubnis v. Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Rosen v. Public Employment Relations BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Sullivan v. County Of SuffolkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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