Beneficiaries may have unlimited accounts in their name from different parents, grandparents, kind friends, etc.
JR is in graduate school and just married Tisha. Tisha’s parents in Nevada–the in-laws–want to help JR, but they found out his parents already have a 529 account for him in Kansas. Can Tisha’s well-meaning parents make a separate 529 account for JR? Absolutely!
Aaron’s grandparents want to help his college fund, but his parents already have started a 529. They can either contribute to the parents’ account or start their OWN account in Aaron’s name, allowing them (the grandparents) to receive any tax deduction or other benefit.
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