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Donald Vanarelli
02
May

Administrative Law Judge Reverses Reduction in Medicaid Personal Care Assistant Hours

May 2, 2016
I represented the 84-year old petitioner in P.R.-P. v. United Healthcare , a case in...
01
May

10 Costly Mistakes to Avoid When Administering a Special Needs Trust

May 1, 2016
The mission of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) is to maintain a professional organization...
29
Apr

High Court Holds Attorneys May Be Liable for Counsel Fees If They Intentionally Breach Their Fiduciary Duty to Non-Clients

April 29, 2016
In a 3-2 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that attorneys can be held...
27
Apr

Court Vacates Injunction Against Law Firm’s Ad Critical of Nursing Home

April 27, 2016
McHugh Fuller, a law firm which focuses on nursing home abuse and neglect, ran a full-page...
26
Apr

Payments from an Annuity Purchased with a Spouse’s “Resource Allowance” are Income under Medicaid

April 26, 2016
A New Jersey appeals court ruled that payments to the spouse of a Medicaid recipient...
22
Apr

Court Affirms Termination of Personal Care Assistance Services Received by Disabled Person Since 2009

April 22, 2016
In this case, a New Jersey appeals court held that a disabled New Jersey resident...
19
Apr

Husband’s Extramarital Affairs Result in Forfeiture of Intestate Share of Wife’s Estate

April 19, 2016
Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a husband’s separation from his wife and subsequent extramarital affairs...
11
Apr

Court Dismisses Legal Malpractice Suit For Failure To Assert Unjust Enrichment Claim In Earlier Undue Influence Case

April 11, 2016
Vicinio v. Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle & Sacks, LLC is a legal malpractice action stemming...
08
Apr

Did You Know…?   In Some Situations, A Medicaid Applicant’s Home Can Be Gifted Without A Medicaid Penalty

April 8, 2016
In general, Medicaid rules impose periods of Medicaid ineligibility (“penalty periods”) when a Medicaid applicant...
07
Apr

Alzheimer’s Association Issues 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report

April 7, 2016
The Alzheimer’s Association has issued its 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. The report is “a statistical...
06
Apr

What is the Medicaid “Look-Back” Period?

April 6, 2016
Medicaid, unlike Medicare, is a public benefit program based upon financial need. As a result,...
04
Apr

Law Designed to Protect Seniors Does Not Impose a Duty on Banks to Report Elder Abuse to Authorities

April 4, 2016
Following bench trial, a trial judge ruled that a state law designed to protect seniors and...
30
Mar

Appellate Division Rules Counsel Fee Award is Discretionary, and May Be Reversed on Appeal “Only on the Rarest of Occasions”

March 30, 2016
In an appeal from a trial court’s decision to reduce the counsel fees sought by...
28
Mar

Assisted Living Residents Who Received Charitable “Fellowship Credits” Are Ineligible for Medicaid

March 28, 2016
A New Jersey appeals court held that a needs-based credit applied to the accounts of...
24
Mar

Chancery Division OKs Trust Decanting, Despite Beneficiary’s Opposition

March 24, 2016
In re Trusts for Stefanidis-Perez is a consolidated case involving two trusts in which the...
22
Mar

Legal Malpractice Claim Based On Prospective Client’s Contact Only With Law Firm Secretary Dismissed

March 22, 2016
New Jersey Appellate Division rules prospective client’s correspondence with law office secretary who did not mention...
21
Mar

Court Orders Plaintiff to Pay All Fees in Withdrawn Contested Guardianship Case

March 21, 2016
A trial court ruled that the plaintiff, who brought but ultimately withdrew the complaint in...
18
Mar

Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. Named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers List In 2016, For The 10th Consecutive Year

March 18, 2016
Vanarelli & Li, LLC is proud to announce that Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. has been...
16
Mar

To Be Legally Enforceable, An Alleged Gift Must Be Delivered To The Recipient

March 16, 2016
New Jersey appeals court ruled a surviving spouse failed to prove that her deceased spouse...
14
Mar

NJ Attorney Suspended for Arranging Improper Loan from Elderly Widow

March 14, 2016
In order to protect the public and and guard against elder abuse by lawyers, the...
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