Special Needs Answers
Can a third-party special needs trust (SNT) purchase life insurance (term or perm) on another individual, and name itself (the SNT) as beneficiary? (For example, a disabled adult child is the beneficiary of a third-party SNT, the SNT is the policy owner, and the insured is a parent with the SNT as the beneficiary.)
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