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19
Jul

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Rules In Favor Of Alleged Incapacitated Person In Contested Guardianship Lawsuit, Dismissing Complaint Filed By Adult Child

For more than two years, I have been representing an elderly man in a contested...
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08
Jul

Court Explains The Role Of A Court-Appointed Counsel And Guardian Ad Litem In Action For Special Medical Guardian

In the recent case of In the Matter of J.M. for the Appointment of a...
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03
Jul

New POMS On Early Termination Of Special Needs Trusts

Many third-party and self-settled special needs trusts (SNTs) contain “termination on ineligibility and distribute to...
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28
Jun

NJ Court Holds That Documents, Though Unsigned, Undated, And Neither Witnessed Nor Notarized, May, Nevertheless, Be Admitted To Probate As A Valid Last Will And Testament

In the case entitled In the Matter of the Estate of Ronald M. Denner, Superior...
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26
Jun

New Jersey Court Rules That Plenary Guardians Can Control The Visitation Rights Of Their Ward

In the Matter of the Estate of Ann F. McNierney, Docket No. BER-P-89-10, Ch. Div....
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18
Jun

Proposed Treasury Regulations Concerning Paper Social Security / SSI Checks

The Treasury Department has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (75 Fed. Reg. 34394 (June...
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17
Jun

How Collaborative Divorce Is Different From Divorce Mediation

When a couple decides to divorce, the spouses have important choices to make about how...
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04
Jun

What Do The Letters After A Social Security Or Medicare Number Mean?

This situation has occurred many times over the years: a client gives me a copy...
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04
Jun

New Jersey Rewrites The Rules Concerning Gifts Made By Medicaid Applicants Which Are Later Returned

As many readers know, Medicaid applicants are subject to the imposition of a penalty, or...
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01
Jun

Attorney Ethics Anyone?

In the article below, I discussed some interesting (I hope) developments in the rules governing...
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24
May

Last Week, I Was Inducted As The Chair Of The Elder And Disability Law Section Of The New Jersey State Bar Association For 2010 – 2011

Last week, at the annual State Bar Association Convention in Atlantic City, I was inducted ...
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18
May

New Regulations Prevent Debt Collectors From Seizing Federal Benefits Deposited Into Bank Accounts

The Treasury Department and the four major benefit agencies, the Social Security Administration, the U.S....
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17
May

New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes

The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs owns and operates three nursing homes...
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09
May

Twitter Debate: Virtual Law Offices, Or Providing Legal Services Over The Internet

On May 7, a debate, of sorts, on the future of law practice was held...
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08
May

Top Vanarelli Law Office Blog Posts: April 2010

It’s a little late, but here it is anyway. What? My review of last month’s...
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07
May

NJ Appeals Court, For The First Time, Recognizes Claim For Infliction Of Emotional Distress When One Parent Turns Children Against The Other Parent

This week, a New Jersey appeals court concluded, for the first time, that a cause...
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03
May

Is A Claim For VA Aid and Attendance Benefits Properly Denied Due to Excess Resources When The Applicant Owns An Annuity?

Following is an exchange posted on a electronic bulletin board devoted to the discussion of...
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29
Apr

Upcoming Changes To Medigap Insurance

Medicare is the federal government’s health care insurance program for people age 65 and over,...
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28
Apr

Bloggers In New Jersey Are Not Journalists And Are Not Entitled To Invoke The Newsperson's Privilege

Last week, in Too Much Media v. Hale, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate...
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20
Apr

ALJ Finds, Contrary To Court Order, That Payment To Adult Children For Services Provided To Medicaid Applicant Under Power Of Attorney Was A Gift

A New Jersey administrative law judge (ALJ) recently held, contrary to a court order awarding...
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