Tort Awards and Settlements Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri
How could winning an award in a lawsuit jeopardize eligibility for benefits?
How could winning an award in a lawsuit jeopardize eligibility for benefits?
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so many of the public benefits programs
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that people rely on are needs based
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meaning they have asset and income
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limitations for people so that will
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range all the way from like medicaid
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even to low-income housing and so when a
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personal injury award comes through it
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can sometimes be significant enough that
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it exceeds those asset and income
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eligibility limits for the various
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programs and so we work with personal
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injury attorneys and their clients to
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determine what benefits programs the
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person is on
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what those eligibility limits are and
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then how we can structure that award in
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a way that protects those benefits
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whether that be through
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a special needs trust or
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sometimes we use able accounts if the
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person is eligible for it and that does
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include sometimes having to file things
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along with the personal injury attorney
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in court to file pleadings to have the
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court approve
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our chosen
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path for what to do with those
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settlement awards so we kind of walk
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with the clients and the personal injury
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attorneys through that entire process
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St. Louis, MO estate & probate attorney Nikki Mitchell explains how winning an award in a lawsuit could jeopardize eligibility for benefits.
