On Saturday, April 27, 2013, I presented a session on the impact of elder law issues on divorce mediation at the 2013 Annual Divorce Mediation Seminar by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators. The topics covered in my session included Social Security, including retirement, disability and survivors benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, the use of Special Needs Trusts to shield alimony and child support payments from consideration by public benefit providers, and the use of the so-called Medicaid divorce as a public benefit planning technique. I prepared a paper and a powerpoint presentation for the session, The powerpoint presentation is attached below.I’d like to thank the organizers for inviting me. I enjoyed the seminar, and hope my participation was helpful to attendees.

My powerpoint presentation on the impact of elder law issues on divorce mediation follows: