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Many third-party and self-settled special needs trusts (SNTs) contain “termination on ineligibility and distribute to family members” clauses. These clauses, called “early termination provisions”, are common trust provisions. When used in special needs trusts, the “early termination provisions”...

In the case entitled In the Matter of the Estate of Ronald M. Denner, Superior Court, Chancery Division, Union County, Docket No. 0 – 3474 (Hon. Thomas N. Lyons, J.S.C., February 28, 2006), The Court held the three...

In the Matter of the Estate of Ann F. McNierney, Docket No. BER-P-89-10, Ch. Div. Bergen Cty. (Doyne, A.J.S.C.), Judge Peter E. Doyne, A.J.S.C., a trial judge in Bergen County, issued a 39 page unpublished opinion in which...

The Treasury Department has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (75 Fed. Reg. 34394 (June 17, 2010)) that would affect all those who receive payments from the Social Security Administration. Those claimants who file an initial application on...

When a couple decides to divorce, the spouses have important choices to make about how to proceed and the extent to which they will need help from others — including lawyers, mediators, and other professionals. Some couples choose...