Guide: Planning Now: A Futures and Estate Planning Guide for Families of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities

This guide, available for free download on the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council’s website, offers information on how families can assist their adult children when they enter adulthood. It provides suggestions on how parents can plan to help their loved one with a disability upon their death, as well as how to avoid jeopardizing essential public medical and financial benefits. It also includes a glossary to help parents familiarize themselves with the terminology commonly used in estate planning.

Planning Now: A Futures and Estate Planning Guide for Families of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities (PDF).