Blog – Page 54 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Apr

Pre-Death Will Contests

In a contested guardianship, the guardianship applicant often wishes to pursue additional claims involving the...

Apr

New Jersey Court Rules Blogger Has The Same Legal Protections As A Professional Journalist

In a decision that could have a big impact on all bloggers in New Jersey, a...

Apr

Overview: Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (“CCRCs”) are considered “a viable choice for relatively healthy seniors with...

Apr

Improvident Gifts Made During A Decedent’s Lifetime

When a party believes that the decedent’s estate was depleted prior to his or her...

Mar

Reporting VA Pension with Aid and Attendance Supplement for Medicaid Purposes

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is causing Medicaid applicants to be incorrectly denied benefits...

Mar

Compilation of New Jersey Elder and Special Needs Law Blogs

When I started blogging in 2008, I reviewed many other law blogs in New Jersey...

Mar

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act

In the New Jersey Advance Directives for Health Care Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2H-53 et seq., the...

Mar

N.J. Supreme Court Grants Certification To Review State’s Refusal To Permit Retired Firefighter To Name Special Needs Trust As Beneficiary Of Pension For His Disabled Child

Recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted a Petition for Certification I filed asking the Court...

Mar

Donald Vanarelli Named to Super Lawyer List for Seventh Consecutive Year; Associate Chen Li Named to Super Lawyer List as “Rising Star”

Vanarelli & Li, LLC is proud to announce that two professionals in the firm have...

Mar

Court Rules Last Will And Testament Controls The Disposition Of Estate Assets Transferred To Revocable Trust During Decedent’s Life

Earlier this month, Hon. Robert P. Contillo, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division, Bergen County,...

Mar

Upcoming ICLE Seminar on Planning for and the Administration of Special Needs Trusts

On June 27, 2013, attorney Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) will be moderating a panel of...

Mar

Upcoming Presentation on Elder Mediation at New Jersey’s Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly

On March 25, 2013, attorney Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) will be addressing the Office of...

Mar

Claims Folder Storage Area At The VA Regional Office In Winston-Salem, NC

In August, the VA’s inspector general said the weight of paper files at the agency’s...

Feb

Appellate Division Affirms Probate Judge’s Reduction of Estate Litigation Contingent Fee Award

In Estate of Mendonca v. DaSilva, Docket No. A3515-11T2 (App. Div. Feb. 22, 2013), the...

Feb

Medicaid Eligibility Under The “Undue Hardship” Exception

In the event of a Medicaid denial as a result of an unauthorized transfer or...

Feb

Appellate Division Endorses Probate Judge’s Novel Use Of Equitable Remedy To Award Rescission Of “Payable-On-Death” Bank Account Designation

In Stephenson, Personal Representative of Estate of Murry v. Spiegle, Docket No. A-4193-11T2 (App.Div., January...

Feb

New Jersey Courts May Reform A Testamentary Trust In A Will To Effectuate the Probable Intent of the Testator

The New Jersey Supreme Court has directed that the Court’s function in construing a decedent’s...

Feb

Appellate Division Spares A Will Contestant Frivolous Litigation Sanctions And The Invocation Of An In Terrorem Clause, Despite Her “Fanciful” Claims

In a November 5, 2010 blog post, I discussed the Superior Court of New Jersey,...

Feb

Can New Jersey And Private Care Providers Assert Liens For Benefits Provided To Charity Care Recipients?

As I explained in a previous post, the New Jersey Hospital Care Payment Assistance Program,...

Feb

Decedent’s Foreign Property Is Included In Calculating Spousal Elective Share, Despite Decedent’s Contrary Intent

In Estate of Peck, the Chancery Division, Probate Part examined a decedent’s testamentary intent regarding...

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