Blog – Page 51 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Mar

Veterans Pension: Frequently Asked Questions And Answers

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Veterans Pension Who Can Help Me Fill Out the...

Mar

Rules for VA Fiduciaries

When a veteran, or his/her survivor, has been awarded benefits from the Department of Veterans...

Mar

Making Appropriate Disbursements From First Party Special Needs Trusts

A Special Needs Trust, sometimes called a Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT), is a trust designed...

Feb

Why Your Medicaid Application Should Be Entrusted To An Elder Law Attorney

What Is Medicaid? Medicaid is a government program through which many elderly and disabled people...

Feb

CMS Provides Guidance on Application of Medicaid’s Estate Recovery and Asset Transfer Rules to Medicaid Recipients Eligible Under The Affordable Care Act

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a letter (CMS Letter SMD-14-001)...

Feb

Update On Federal Class Action Lawsuit To Prevent NJ From Counting VA Pension In Determining Medicaid Eligibility

I. The Facts. Plaintiff, Alma Galletta, who suffers from a variety of medical impairments, is...

Feb

Video of NJ Supreme Court Oral Argument to Give Public Employee the Right to Direct Pension Death Benefit to Special Needs Trust for Disabled Child

Video of Oral Argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Thomas Saccone v. Board...

Feb

Veterans Pension: 2014 Eligibility Requirements And Benefit Amounts

General Qualifications for Non-Service Connected Pension Plus Aid and Attendance Supplement Veterans, Widowed Spouses, and...

Feb

The Top 10 Elder Law Court Rulings of 2013

The annual roundup of the top 10 11 elder law decisions from across the country...

Feb

NJ Resident Found Eligible For Medicaid Despite Making A Gift And Owning An $80,000 Annuity

For the first time, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS), New Jersey’s ...

Feb

Photos From Our Supreme Court Oral Argument

On Thursday, February 4, 2014, I, along with amicus counsel, argued before the New Jersey...

Feb

Agenda Posted Outside of the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday, February 4, 2014

This is the agenda posted outside the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday, February 4,...

Feb

New Jersey Law Journal Reports on Oral Argument in Supreme Court Special Needs Trust Case: Court Weighs Designating Trusts as Beneficiaries in State Pension Plans

(A news report published in the New Jersey Law Journal on yesterday’s oral argument in...

Feb

Opening Statement Made Before New Jersey Supreme Court In Special Needs Trust Case

On February 4, 2014, Donald Vanarelli, Esq. argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf...

Jan

Medicaid Agency Not Bound By Court Order Of Support For Community Spouse Entered Without Notice To Agency

In this case, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held that the state...

Jan

New Jersey Supreme Court Tentative Argument Schedule for February 4, 2014

(From the website of the New Jersey Judiciary) The following is the Supreme Court’s schedule...

Jan

Federal Court Holds Short-Term Annuities Purchased By Medicaid Applicants Constituted Improper Transfers Of Assets

A federal district court in Western Pennsylvania held that the purchases of single premium immediate...

Jan

Attorney Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) Awarded “AV Preeminent” Rating From Martindale-Hubbell

Attorney Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) is proud to announce that he was awarded an “AV...

Jan

Overview of the Supplemental Security Income Program

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a cash assistance program funded and administered by the federal...

Jan

From Our Elder Law Firm To You …

We wish each of you a wonderful new year with many smiles, great health, new...

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