Companion to the book
Pick up where the chapter left off.
One page per section and per chapter, with the question it answers, notes where rules change, a fillable notebook, and a direct line to Bill.
Start from where you are
We’re wondering if there’s a case
Malpractice versus bad luck, and choosing a firm.
The six parts
Part I · Chapters 1–6
Where You Are Now
The NICU, the diagnosis, the grief, the family strain, and who actually helps. Everyone starts here, wherever their case stands.
Open Part I →Part II · Chapters 7–13
The Legal Process
Whether there is a case, how to choose counsel, how lawyers get paid, the long quiet middle, and how it ends. Chapters 8 and 9 are the pair most families say they wish they had read first.
Open Part II →Part III · Chapters 14–21
Money That Has to Last a Lifetime
The offer, what comes off the top, lump sum versus structure, how a structure works, and designing payments around the real shape of your child’s life. This is the part where Bill has a financial interest, and he says so in every chapter that touches it.
Open Part III →Part IV · Chapters 22–29
Protecting Benefits
Means-tested benefit cliffs, the different kinds of trusts, choosing a trustee, and Medicare coordination. The part that keeps a settlement from costing your child the benefits they depend on.
Open Part IV →Part V · Chapters 30–38
Building the Life
Day-to-day life with a settlement in place: the life care plan in practice, housing, hired care, school, therapies, the move to adulthood, and family change.
Open Part V →Part VI · Chapters 39–44
The Long Horizon
What happens when you are gone, your own estate plan, and the person who has kept everyone else going. Part VI is still being finished.
Open Part VI →