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Measure Would Mandate That Palimony Pacts Be In Writing

January 28, 2009

Recently, New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee signaled bipartisan support for legislation that would require that all palimony...

Jan

Bills Would Deprive Abusive Parents of Alimony And Inheritance Rights

January 27, 2009

Recently, the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees unanimously recommended passage of legislation that would eliminate...

Jan

The Basics of VA Pension Benefits

January 27, 2009

A. The Difference Between VA Compensation and VA Pension Benefits. A veteran who suffered an...

Jan

The Basics of VA Compensation Benefits and the Effect that the receipt of VA Compensation will have upon Eligibility for SSI and Medicaid Benefits

January 26, 2009

If a person with disabilities is a veteran, a child of a veteran, the spouse...

Jan

Federal Court Again Rules That The Payment Stream From An Annuity Paid To The Spouse Of A Nursing Home Resident Is Not Countable In Determining The Nursing Home Resident's Eligibility For Medicaid

January 23, 2009

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in a case entitled Weatherbee...

Jan

Uniform Adult Guardianship And Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

January 22, 2009

The Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceeding Jurisdiction Act (UAGPPJA) has been endorsed by the...

Jan

CMS issues new POMS for trusts

January 21, 2009

A new Programs Operations Manual System (POMS), used by Social Security Administration employees to administer...

Jan

SSA Adopts "Preponderance of the Evidence" Standard

January 19, 2009

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued a final rule that applies the “preponderance of...

Jan

SSA Online Retirement Tools

January 18, 2009

Retirement Estimator. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a new on-line calculator that allows authenticated...

Jan

Legal Podcasting

January 17, 2009

A podcast is a series of audio or video digital media files which is distributed...

Jan

Top 10 (Actually 14) New Jersey Guardianship / Elder Law / Medicaid and Public Benefits Planning Cases

January 15, 2009

In my years of practicing elder law and guardianship litigation, I’ve become accustomed to meeting...

Jan

Law Is Far From The Worst Profession; Lawyers Rank Substantially Higher Than Nuclear Decontamination Technicians

January 13, 2009

In spite of all of the complaining that lawyers do about their jobs and clients...

Jan

Top New Jersey Elder Law Cases Decided In 2008

January 11, 2009

There were 6 significant cases decided in New Jersey in 2008 in the area of...

Jan

Key Decisions in Setting Up a Special Needs Trust

January 10, 2009

Simply defined, a trust is an agreement between two people — a grantor who donates...

Jan

The Trustee of a Special Needs Trust for an Adult Disabled Person May Make Distributions for Pornographic Materials According to Several Special Needs Legal Specialists

January 10, 2009

A recent question to the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) members-only Listserv generated a...

Jan

Can The Costs Of Care In An Assisted Living Facility Be Deducted On Your Federal Individual Income Tax Returns As Medical Expenses?

January 8, 2009

The costs of nursing home care can be deducted on federal individual income tax returns...

Jan

Social Security Announces That It Is Beginning to Take Applications On-Line

January 7, 2009

The Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits...

Jan

2009 One Page Tax Summary for Qualified Long Term Care Insurance

January 6, 2009

Attached is a one page summary of the tax benefits of tax-qualified long term care...

Jan

Law Office of Vanarelli & Li, LLC Blog: Best of 2008

January 4, 2009

In a sense, it seems arrogant to present a list of “best of” posts when...

Jan

Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) Blog: Best of 2008