Blog – Page 40 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Jul

Medicaid Officials Not Liable For Providing False Information; Applicant Could Have Obtained Correct Info By Hiring A Lawyer

In a recent opinion, an appellate court in Minnesota held that county officials were not...

Jul

Federal Appeals Court Rules Special Needs Trust Distributions May Not Be Counted As Income By Section 8 Housing Program

Reversing a federal district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled...

Jul

Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Restricting Son’s Visitation with Incapacitated, Gravely Ill Mother

In 2014, Joseph Fabics filed a verified complaint seeking guardianship of his mother. The court...

Jun

Child Support Order May Survive Father’s Death And Trump Father’s Attempts To Disinherit Child

The decedent, Keith R. O’Malley, was the father of two children from two different relationships....

Jun

Attorney Liable to Non-Client Beneficiary of Will for Legal Malpractice

The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that an attorney who drafted a client’s Last Will...

Jun

The Best Way to Talk to Someone with Alzheimer’s

I just read an insightful article in the Washington Post. The article, by Susan Berger,...

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