New Jersey’s police officers and firefighters with disabled children will be allowed to direct their survivors’ benefits into special needs trusts without endangering additional benefits their children receive from the federal government, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.
In a 4-2 ruling, the court said the statute governing who may receive survivors’ benefits from the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System should be liberally read so as to ensure beneficiaries are cared for as much as possible.
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