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Protective Trusts for Disability Planning

Essential legal and financial strategies to safeguard assets, preserve vital public benefits, and secure lifelong care for individuals with disabilities.

Created byRohani Bixler
BeginnerUpdated Sep 14, 2026
Protective Trusts for Disability Planning

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify when a Special Disability Trust may be appropriate
check_circleAssess eligibility and social security concessions
check_circleApply trust law and tax requirements to SDT planning
check_circleIntegrate disability trusts into broader estate plans

About This Course

When parents of a person with a severe disability ask, “What happens when we are no longer here to provide care?”, the answer increasingly involves protective trust structures, particularly the Special Disability Trust (SDT). This course provides legal practitioners with practical guidance on advising families about SDTs and alternative protective trust structures. Participants will explore eligibility, establishment, administration, social security concessions, tax implications, and the interaction with the NDIS. The webinar also examines how SDTs can be integrated into broader estate plans, providing a structured framework for advising families on long-term care and financial security while navigating legislative, trust law, and state and territory requirements.

Key Topics Discussed:

  • Special Disability Trusts under Australian legislation
  • Eligibility criteria and means-test treatment
  • Centrelink gifting and assets-test concessions
  • Trust deed drafting and trustee duties
  • Funding and administration requirements
  • Annual reporting and compliance obligations
  • Expenditure restrictions and winding-up provisions
  • Income tax and capital gains tax implications
  • Land tax and stamp duty considerations
  • Interaction between SDTs and the NDIS
  • Integration with wills and broader estate planning
  • Alternative protective trust structures
  • State and territory trust law considerations
  • Practical disability succession planning strategies

Your Instructor

Rohani Bixler
Rohani Bixler

Principal Lawyer | Olivetree Legal

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As the Principal Lawyer at Olivetree Legal, Rohani is well placed to assist with questions about Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Rohani supports people to make informed decisions about succession strategies, whether in the planning or administration phase, or in the process of estate litigation. She has practiced exclusively in estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation since 2006, working with City, Suburban and Peninsula-based firms. She has extensive experience with the creation of bespoke solutions for complex family concerns, including planning for vulnerable beneficiaries, blended families and private businesses.

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