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Dec

FAPE And Your Disabled Child

FAPE And Your Disabled Child The federal statute governing special education, the Individuals with Disabilities...

Dec

Medicaid Eligibility Denied Based Upon A Home Transfer To A "Caregiver Child" Who Was Employed Full-Time

(The A.N. case, described below, was decided on administrative appeal in 2007 and affirmed the...

Dec

Under New Jersey Law, You Are Entitled To Payment For Services Rendered As A Fiduciary

Did you know that, under New Jersey law, you are entitled to receive compensation for...

Dec

Even A Paid Escort Can Be A ‘Date’ Entitled To The Protections Provided By NJ’s Domestic Violence Act

In a case of first impression in New Jersey, the Superior Court of New Jersey,...

Dec

SSI Basics

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program that helps aged, blind and disabled people...

Dec

Google Scholar Now Includes Federal and State Caselaw and Legal Journals

Google recently announced that the company was entering into the legal research field. Google Scholar...

Dec

House Of Representatives Passes Permanent Estate Tax Act, But The Fate Of The Bill In The Senate Is Uncertain

On December 3, 2009, the House of Representatives passed the “Permanent Estate Tax Relief for...

Dec

On Remand, NJ Administrative Judge Again Finds That A Retirement Annuity Owned By A Community Spouse Does Not Preclude Medicaid Eligibility

As I had reported in a March 4, 2009 blog post, New Jersey Administrative Law...

Dec

IRS Announces Increased Long-Term Care Insurance Premium Deductibility Limits for 2010

The IRS has announced the 2010 limits on the tax deductibility of qualified long term...

Dec

"Professor" Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) on Veterans Benefits and Social Security Benefits

On December 2, 2009, I spoke at the “Elder Law College” sponsored by New Jersey...

Dec

Federal Judge Rules That SSA’s Standard Print Notices Discriminate Against The Blind And Visually Impaired

A federal district court judge in California recently ruled that the Social Security Administration (SSA)...

Nov

Important News for Vietnam Veterans and Their Surviving Spouses

On October 13, 2009, Secretary Eric K. Shinseki of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

Nov

Lawyer Demographics

Like it has in each of the past six years, the New Jersey Law Journal...

Nov

Ocean County Judge Rules Against The Validity Of A Caregiver Agreement But Finds That A Promissory Note – Loan Medicaid Plan Is Valid

In A.G. v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services and the Ocean County Board...

Nov

NY Times Offers Advice From Financial Experts About What They Learned After Going Through Their Own Divorces

Here’s a memorable sentence: “Nobody can relate to the raw, visceral experience of ending a...

Nov

Superior Court Judge Upholds Her Decision Authorizing The Establishment Of Third Party Special Needs Trusts Within An Intestate Estate

I previously blogged about an Order entered in July 2009 by Hon. Patricia Del Bueno...

Nov

New ABA Web Site Highlights Top Federal Appeals Court Rulings

In an effort to help the press and public identify and understand important federal appeals...

Nov

ABA Panel Says Law Firms Must Market Themselves On the Internet

Here’s a hot news flash (NOT): law firms in 2009 should market themselves on the...

Nov

Managing End-of-Life Medical Decisions

Issues surrounding end-of-life medical decisions are seldom easy. However, planning for future healthcare needs, which...

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