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Video of Oral Argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Thomas Saccone v. Board of Trustees of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System held on February 4, 2014 in Trenton, NJ. Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq., legal counsel for Thomas Saccone, a retired Newark, NJ...

General Qualifications for Non-Service Connected Pension Plus Aid and Attendance Supplement Veterans, Widowed Spouses, and Dependent or Disabled Children May be Claimants. The eligibility requirements follow: Veterans Must Typically Have Served At Least 90 Days of Active Duty Service, 1 Day of Which Had to...

The annual roundup of the top 10 11 elder law decisions from across the country for 2013 as prepared by staff at the ElderLawAnswers website is reproduced below. Almost all the cases hinged on the interpretation of state or federal Medicaid law.  Those purchasing annuities...

For the first time, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS), New Jersey’s  Medicaid agency, held that an applicant for nursing home Medicaid was eligible for benefits despite the fact that she made a substantial gift within the look-back period and owned an...

On Thursday, February 4, 2014, I, along with amicus counsel, argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of Thomas Saccone, a retired Newark fireman with a disabled adult child named Anthony. Anthony, now 40 years old, has received public benefits based on need,...