Blog – Page 41 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

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...

Mar

Assisted Living Residents Who Received Charitable “Fellowship Credits” Are Ineligible for Medicaid

A New Jersey appeals court held that a needs-based credit applied to the accounts of...

Mar

Chancery Division OKs Trust Decanting, Despite Beneficiary’s Opposition

In re Trusts for Stefanidis-Perez is a consolidated case involving two trusts in which the...

Mar

Legal Malpractice Claim Based On Prospective Client’s Contact Only With Law Firm Secretary Dismissed

New Jersey Appellate Division rules prospective client’s correspondence with law office secretary who did not mention...

Mar

Court Orders Plaintiff to Pay All Fees in Withdrawn Contested Guardianship Case

A trial court ruled that the plaintiff, who brought but ultimately withdrew the complaint in...

Mar

Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired), Esq. Named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers List In 2016, For The 10th Consecutive Year

Vanarelli & Li, LLC is proud to announce that Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired), Esq. has...

Mar

To Be Legally Enforceable, An Alleged Gift Must Be Delivered To The Recipient

New Jersey appeals court ruled a surviving spouse failed to prove that her deceased spouse...

Mar

NJ Attorney Suspended for Arranging Improper Loan from Elderly Widow

In order to protect the public and and guard against elder abuse by lawyers, the...

Mar

NJ Law Revision Commission Considers Statutory Revision to Codify Supreme Court Decision in Saccone Case

The New Jersey Law Revision Commission (“NJLRC”) is an independent legislative commission of the State...

Mar

SSA Must Now Provide Reasons for Claim Denials With Citations To Regulations When A Trust Causes SSI Ineligibility

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently published new guidelines mandating that the agency issue detailed...

Mar

Top 10 Facts About Capital Gains and Losses

When you sell a capital asset, the sale normally results in a capital gain or...

Mar

Announcing Upcoming NJ NAELA Webinar on March 3rd. . .

Legislative Update Webinar Presented by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Academy of Elder...

Mar

Adult Child Uses Senior Divorce to Contest Estranged Parent’s Last Will and Testament

Plaintiff, Emmaline O’Hara, and defendant, John B. O’Hara, Jr., were married in 1955. They had...

Feb

Appeals Court Rules Online Commenter Not Entitled To Anonymity

New Jersey appellate court ruled that an anonymous online commenter must reveal his or her...

Feb

Attorney Grievance Filed Against Blogging Lawyer Dismissed on First Amendment Grounds

In a recent blog post, I wrote about Steven Gursten, a Michigan blogging lawyer who...

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