Special-needs children require special financial plans for the future

Experts agree: Parents with special-needs children need to take care when planning for their child?s financial future.

“Financial planners need to get families in touch with trust and estate attorneys or an attorney who specifically deals with special-needs children,” said certified financial planner Thomas Campi, a principal with Bay Wealth Retirement and Family Advisory in Easton. “It really involves coordination between financial advisers and planners, a very specialized attorney and the family to understand what resources are available.”