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DESCRIPTION:Post-Emancipation Support for Adult Children with Disabilities
 : The Question of Duty to Support Adult Children Under Massachusetts Law
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SUMMARY:Post-Emancipation Support for Adult Children with Disabilities: Th
 e Question of Duty to Support Adult Children Under Massachusetts Law
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 will be recorded.</p>\n<h3>Faculty</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hon. Michael Anderson\
 , Probate and Family Court</li>\n<li>Hon. Lee M. Peterson\, Probate and F
 amily Court</li>\n<li>David E Cherny\, Esq.\, Atwood &amp\; Cherny</li>\n
 <li>Lisa M. Cukier\, Esq.\, Rubin Rudman (moderator)</li>\n<li>Annette M.
  Hines\, Esq.\, Special Needs Law Group of Massachusetts\, PC</li>\n</ul>
 \n<h3>Program Description:</h3>\n<p>Massachusetts courts\, family law att
 orneys and disability law attorneys continue to grapple with one of the l
 ong-term financially impactful and unsettled questions in the law of pare
 nts and children: whether\, and under what circumstances\, parents may be
  required to continue supporting their disabled adult children after eman
 cipation and long into adulthood. Through a detailed examination of leadi
 ng Massachusetts appellate decisions and recent published and unpublished
  decisions\, this program explores the legal foundations\, limits\, and p
 ractical application of post-emancipation support obligations.</p>\n<p>De
 signed for family law\, probate litigators\, disability law attorneys\, g
 uardians ad litem\, parent coordinators\, guardianship/conservatorship la
 wyers\, and judges\, this presentation analyzes the development of Massac
 husetts law through landmark decisions including <em>Feinberg v. Diamant\
 , Eccleston v. Bankosky\, Vaida v. Vaida\, Norris v. Norris</em>\, and re
 lated cases. Particular attention will be paid to the statutory framework
  governing child support\, the distinction between support for minor and 
 adult children\, the Courts&rsquo\; equitable powers through MGL Chapter 
 215 Section 6 to order a financially able parent to provide support to an
  emancipated adult child\, the role of disability in extending parental o
 bligations\, and the differing treatment of married\, divorced\, and neve
 r-married parents. This program will examine how courts have interpreted 
 the concepts of dependency\, disability\, emancipation\, and continuing n
 eed\, ability for self-support\, the role of guardianship and conservator
 ship\, the impact of disability benefits\, government benefits such as SS
 I\, special needs trusts\, and an incapacitated person&rsquo\;s ability t
 o support oneself through earned and unearned income and assets\, as well
  as the procedural vehicles available to seek support. Participants will 
 gain a deeper understanding of the factual and legal considerations that 
 influence judicial decisions in these cases and the emerging trends that 
 continue to shape this area of family law.<br>&nbsp\;</p>\n<h3>Learning O
 bjectives:</h3>\n<p>At the conclusion of this program\, participants will
  be able to:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>&nbsp\;Analyze the statutory and common-law f
 oundations of post-emancipation support obligations for adult children wi
 th disabilities in Massachusetts.</li>\n<li>Distinguish between child sup
 port statutes and equitable actions for adult support.</li>\n<li>Evaluate
  the legal significance of disability\, dependency\, emancipation\, and a
 bility to self-support through government benefits\, and earned or unearn
 ed income\, in determining whether a continuing support obligation exists
 .</li>\n<li>Understand Self Settled and Third Party Trusts and nuances in
  their use\, as well as understanding the impact of income and asset limi
 ts and rules relating to government benefits eligibility.</li>\n<li>Ident
 ify procedural and substantive arguments available to practitioners seeki
 ng or opposing support claims on behalf of disabled adult children.</li>\
 n<li>Assess current trends and unresolved legal questions concerning pare
 ntal obligations to support adult children with disabilities.</li>\n</ol>
 \n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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