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A New Jersey trial judge dismissed a lawsuit asserted by an alleged abuser against a group of defendants who had either reported or investigated claims of elder abuse and neglect by the abuser. Rizzo v Bergen County Board of Social Services, Docket No. BER –...

In the May 19, 2014 J.P. v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services decision, New Jersey’s Appellate Division affirmed the final agency decision of the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (“DMAHS”), resulting in the imposition of a transfer penalty on...

Effective on July 7, 2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is changing its monetary burial benefits regulations to simplify the program and pay eligible survivors quicker and more efficiently. Under the current regulations, VA pays for burial and funeral expenses on a reimbursement basis,...

(On June 16, 2014, I was a speaker at the 71st Semi-Annual Tax & Estate Planning Forum presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. My topic was entitled “House Ownership Options When a Parent and Adult Child Live Together: Tax, Medicaid and...

A New Jersey appeals court upheld a substantial fee award exceeding the amount in controversy for work preformed by law firm in a probate litigation when representing the estate of a man manipulated into modifying his will through undue influence because the wrongdoer’s actions contributed...