Blog – Page 33 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Jun

Supreme Court Declines to Review Decision Defining When a Parent has “Abandoned” a Child for Purposes of Intestate Succession

I previously blogged a December 11, 2015 Appellate Division case, In re Estate of Fisher,...

Jun

New Jersey State Bar Warns of Lawyers’ Continued Misuse of Ads Mentioning “Super Lawyers,” “Best Lawyers” and the Like

Attorney advertising that mentions awards, honors, and accolades such as “Super Lawyers,” “Best Lawyers,” “Superior...

May

Damages and Counsel Fees Against Trustee Affirmed, and Co-Trustee Not Liable for Failing to Stop Trustee’s Misconduct

The decedent, Evelyn Berry, had been married twice. At the time of her death, the...

May

NJ Supreme Court Rules Non-Lawyers Who Assist In Medicaid Planning Are Engaged In The Unauthorized Practice of Law

The Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, appointed by the Supreme Court of New...

May

Court Denied Medicaid’s “Caregiver Child” Exemption To Applicant’s Daughter Who Provided Care For 24 Years

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that a Medicaid applicant’s daughter, who lived with her...

May

Government Long-Term Care Benefits for New Jersey Residents (Video)

Government Long-Term Care Benefits for NJ Residents 908-232-7400 Vanarelli & Li, LLC provides comprehensive Government Long-Term...

May

Disability Planning for New Jersey Residents (Video)

Vanarelli & Li, LLC provides Special Needs Trusts and Disability Planning Attorney Services throughout...

May

Administrative Law Judge Reverses Reduction in Medicaid Personal Care Assistant Hours

I represented the 84-year old petitioner in P.R.-P. v. United Healthcare , a case in...

May

10 Costly Mistakes to Avoid When Administering a Special Needs Trust

The mission of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) is to maintain a professional organization...

Apr

High Court Holds Attorneys May Be Liable for Counsel Fees If They Intentionally Breach Their Fiduciary Duty to Non-Clients

In a 3-2 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that attorneys can be held...

Apr

Court Vacates Injunction Against Law Firm’s Ad Critical of Nursing Home

McHugh Fuller, a law firm which focuses on nursing home abuse and neglect, ran a full-page...

Apr

Payments from an Annuity Purchased with a Spouse’s “Resource Allowance” are Income under Medicaid

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that payments to the spouse of a Medicaid recipient...

Apr

Court Affirms Termination of Personal Care Assistance Services Received by Disabled Person Since 2009

In this case, a New Jersey appeals court held that a disabled New Jersey resident...

Apr

Husband’s Extramarital Affairs Result in Forfeiture of Intestate Share of Wife’s Estate

Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a husband’s separation from his wife and subsequent extramarital affairs...

Apr

Court Dismisses Legal Malpractice Suit For Failure To Assert Unjust Enrichment Claim In Earlier Undue Influence Case

Vicinio v. Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle & Sacks, LLC is a legal malpractice action stemming...

Apr

Did You Know…? In Some Situations, A Medicaid Applicant’s Home Can Be Gifted Without A Medicaid Penalty

In general, Medicaid rules impose periods of Medicaid ineligibility (“penalty periods”) when a Medicaid applicant...

Apr

Alzheimer’s Association Issues 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report

The Alzheimer’s Association has issued its 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. The report is “a statistical...

Apr

What is the Medicaid “Look-Back” Period?

Medicaid, unlike Medicare, is a public benefit program based upon financial need. As a result,...

Apr

Law Designed to Protect Seniors Does Not Impose a Duty on Banks to Report Elder Abuse to Authorities

Following bench trial, a trial judge ruled that a state law designed to protect seniors and...

Mar

Appellate Division Rules Counsel Fee Award is Discretionary, and May Be Reversed on Appeal “Only on the Rarest of Occasions”

In an appeal from a trial court’s decision to reduce the counsel fees sought by...

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