Donald Vanarelli – Page 66 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Nov

Fox News Reports: "Collaborative Divorce Can Save Money"

November 17, 2009

Recently, Fox News did a video segment and report on collaborative divorce which featured two...

Nov

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Annuity Payments Made To The Spouse Of A Nursing Home Resident Are Not Countable By Medicaid

November 13, 2009

In Weatherbee v. Richman, 595 F. Supp. 2d 607 (W.D. Pa. 2009), the U.S. District...

Nov

First Training Session On Elder Mediation Held In New Jersey Is A Success

November 13, 2009

The Elder Mediation Center of New Jersey (EMC-NJ), a collaborative alliance of elder law mediators...

Nov

Penalty Period Will Not Start Until Applicant’s Prepayment of Nursing Home Care Costs Is Spent Down

November 10, 2009

In Shelales v. Director of the Office of Medicaid (Mass.App.Ct., No. 08-P-2052, Oct. 30, 2009), the...

Nov

No Increase In Medicaid’s Community Spouse Resource Allowances For 2010

November 10, 2009

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that with no increase in the...

Nov

I Was A Speaker At The NAELA Guardianship And Public Benefits Conference

November 9, 2009

This past weekend, November 7 – 8, 2009, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys...

Nov

Will The Pension Portion of VA Aid and Attendance Benefits Make The Recipient Ineligible For Medicaid Based On Excess Income?

November 7, 2009

Family members in search of sources of funding of long-term care costs for loved ones...

Nov

New Jersey Supreme Court Eases Restrictions on "Super Lawyer" Advertising

November 6, 2009

This week, the New Jersey Supreme Court changed the ethics rules to allow lawyers, for...

Nov

New Jersey Appeals Court Finds That The Entire Controversy Doctrine Applies To Pro Se Litigants

November 5, 2009

The entire controversy doctrine requires litigants in a lawsuit to assert all claims that each...

Nov

SSA Annual Fact Sheet Shows SGA Amount For 2010 Will Be $1,000 Per Month

November 3, 2009

The Social Security Administration (SSA) published its annual Fact Sheet last month, showing changes to...

Nov

Gift Tax Annual Exclusion Amount Unchanged In 2010

October 31, 2009

The gift tax annual exclusion is the maximum amount which a taxpayer can gift each...

Oct

LGBT Aging and Long-Term Care Fairness Survey

October 30, 2009

[I received the following email from the National Senior Citizens Law Center and affiliated groups...

Oct

New York State Court Rejects Personal Care Contracts In Nursing Home Setting

October 30, 2009

In a matter involving personal service agreements, five petitioners brought a court action challenging determinations...

Oct

Unusual Special Needs Trust Distribution Requests

October 29, 2009

Special needs trusts (also known as “supplemental needs” trusts) allow a disabled beneficiary to receive...

Oct

New Jersey Administrative Judge Finds That A Retirement Annuity Owned By A Medicaid Applicant’s Spouse Is Not Countable

October 28, 2009

An Opinion and Order was entered on October 20, 2009 by Administrative Law Judge Joseph...

Oct

Federal Court Rules That Promissory Notes May Be Countable Resources

October 27, 2009

Sable v. Velez, Civ. No. 09-2813 (D.N.J., October 16, 2009), involved five applicants for nursing home...

Oct

Federal Judge Enjoins New Jersey From Denying Medicaid Eligibility To Aged Parents Who Transferred Assets Outright To Their Blind Or Disabled Children

October 26, 2009

In order to qualify for Medicaid benefits, applicants cannot possess assets which exceed the financial...

Oct

The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

October 23, 2009

Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been late in getting approved by...

Oct

New Law Requires Any Fiduciary Of A New Jersey Estate For A Developmentally Disabled Beneficiary To Post A Bond In Superior Court

October 22, 2009

Gov. Jon Corzine recently signed into law new legislation that requires fiduciaries of estates for...

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