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Donald Vanarelli
25
Jul

NJ Supreme Court holds that punitive damages are not ordinarily permitted in an estate litigation or will contest even when the proponent of the will has engaged in egregious behavior resulting in undue influence

July 25, 2008
In the Matter of the Estate of Madeleine Stockdale, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered...
20
Jul

Union County Judge Enters An Order, The First Of Its Kind In New Jersey, Establishing A Third Party Special Needs Trust In An Intestate Estate

July 20, 2008
For a number of years now, elder law attorneys in New Jersey have often achieved...
17
Jul

Study Ranks Out-of-Pocket Costs of Raising Child with Special Needs by State

July 17, 2008
Parents raising children with special needs face significant extra costs for therapies, rehabilitation and specialty...
14
Jul

Susceptibility To Undue Influence Does Not Equal Incapacity

July 14, 2008
In probate or guardianship litigation, claims are often made that an elderly parent or family...
11
Jul

Owner of this weblog interviewed on wsRadio.com, internet radio, about elder mediation

July 11, 2008
I had my first experience with internet radio on July 1st when I was interviewed...
09
Jul

How are states handling economic stimulus checks issued to people who are on Medicaid, SSI or other needs-based government benefit programs?

July 9, 2008
The federal statute concerning the stimulus checks exempts them from being counted as income by...
07
Jul

New report from the Congressional Research Service provides an overview of Veterans Benefits

July 7, 2008
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a wide range of benefits and services to...
03
Jul

New case holds that a guardian in New Jersey has an affirmative duty to disclose a conflict of interest involving the sale of real property owned by the ward

July 3, 2008
In a new published opinion, Burke et al. v. Sea Point Realtors et al., DOCKET...
01
Jul

Owner of this Blog identified by NJBIZ magazine as One of the Top Elder Law Attorneys in New Jersey

July 1, 2008
NJBIZ is a weekly magazine covering business news in New Jersey. In the June 2,...
30
Jun

Social Security statements now are advising recipients that Medicare does not cover long-term care / nursing home costs

June 30, 2008
Social Security statements now are advising recipients that Medicare does not cover long-term care expenses....
25
Jun

Nursing homes will get a star rating from the federal government to help consumers pick the best facilities

June 25, 2008
Nursing homes will get a “star rating” from the federal government to help consumers pick...
20
Jun

New Jersey Supreme Court sets precedent, ruling that an unmarried couple does not have to live together in order for one partner to sue the other for palimony after a breakup

June 20, 2008
In a ruling that overturned close to 30 years of legal precedent in the area...
18
Jun

Recent article discusses federal and state legal safeguards against involuntary transfers or discharges of nursing home residents who receive or have applied for Medicaid benefits

June 18, 2008
A recent article in the NJ Lawyer newspaper examined the safeguards in federal and state...
16
Jun

Backlog in decisions on claims for Social Security disability benefits continues

June 16, 2008
Processing times for Social Security determinations have reached intolerable levels. For instance, the average processing...
13
Jun

Owner of this Blog quoted in Lawyers USA article on Elder Mediation

June 13, 2008
A recent article in the Lawyers USA newspaper discussed the growing use of elder mediation...
09
Jun

Federal Court Ruled that a Disabled Person May Be Entitled to In-Home Care in Lieu of Institutionalization

June 9, 2008
A federal district court in Illinois denied the state Medicaid agency’s motion for summary judgment...
08
Jun

Recent Wall Street Journal article espoused the benefits of mediated and collaborative divorces over litigated divorces

June 8, 2008
The June 6, 2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal included an interesting article entitled...
06
Jun

New Jersey plans to implement Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program on July 1, 2008

June 6, 2008
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (“DRA”) authorized the expansion of the Long Term Care...
03
Jun

Cash and Counseling, a Non-Traditional Medicaid Program, Is Adopted by More States

June 3, 2008
Many states are now giving Medicaid-eligible seniors a monthly stipend they can use to hire...
01
Jun

Assisted-living facilities in South Jersey accused of evicting residents when savings gone

June 1, 2008
According to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the New Jersey Office of the...
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