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Nov

Will The Pension Portion of VA Aid and Attendance Benefits Make The Recipient Ineligible For Medicaid Based On Excess Income?

Family members in search of sources of funding of long-term care costs for loved ones...

Nov

New Jersey Supreme Court Eases Restrictions on "Super Lawyer" Advertising

This week, the New Jersey Supreme Court changed the ethics rules to allow lawyers, for...

Nov

New Jersey Appeals Court Finds That The Entire Controversy Doctrine Applies To Pro Se Litigants

The entire controversy doctrine requires litigants in a lawsuit to assert all claims that each...

Nov

SSA Annual Fact Sheet Shows SGA Amount For 2010 Will Be $1,000 Per Month

The Social Security Administration (SSA) published its annual Fact Sheet last month, showing changes to...

Nov

Gift Tax Annual Exclusion Amount Unchanged In 2010

The gift tax annual exclusion is the maximum amount which a taxpayer can gift each...

Oct

LGBT Aging and Long-Term Care Fairness Survey

[I received the following email from the National Senior Citizens Law Center and affiliated groups...

Oct

New York State Court Rejects Personal Care Contracts In Nursing Home Setting

In a matter involving personal service agreements, five petitioners brought a court action challenging determinations...

Oct

Unusual Special Needs Trust Distribution Requests

Special needs trusts (also known as “supplemental needs” trusts) allow a disabled beneficiary to receive...

Oct

New Jersey Administrative Judge Finds That A Retirement Annuity Owned By A Medicaid Applicant’s Spouse Is Not Countable

An Opinion and Order was entered on October 20, 2009 by Administrative Law Judge Joseph...

Oct

Federal Court Rules That Promissory Notes May Be Countable Resources

Sable v. Velez, Civ. No. 09-2813 (D.N.J., October 16, 2009), involved five applicants for nursing home...

Oct

Federal Judge Enjoins New Jersey From Denying Medicaid Eligibility To Aged Parents Who Transferred Assets Outright To Their Blind Or Disabled Children

In order to qualify for Medicaid benefits, applicants cannot possess assets which exceed the financial...

Oct

The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been late in getting approved by...

Oct

New Law Requires Any Fiduciary Of A New Jersey Estate For A Developmentally Disabled Beneficiary To Post A Bond In Superior Court

Gov. Jon Corzine recently signed into law new legislation that requires fiduciaries of estates for...

Oct

Appellate Court Reverses The Imposition Of A Period Of Medicaid Ineligibility Resulting From The Transfer Of Family Home To A Sibling

In A.P. v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, the Appellate Division of the...

Oct

Federal Judge In New Jersey Appears Poised To Enjoin The State From Denying Medicaid Eligibility To An Applicant With An Annuity

In June 2009, plaintiff, Daisy Jeanne Prall, applied for nursing home Medicaid benefits with the...

Oct

Monthly Roundup and Blog Highlights – September 2009

In these Monthly Roundups, I like to highlight my most popular blog posts from the...

Oct

Press Release: VA Extends "Agent Orange" Benefits to More Veterans

Parkinson’s Disease, B Cell Leukemias and Ischemic Heart Disease Recognized WASHINGTON, October 13, 2009 –...

Oct

Surviving Spouse Had The Absolute Right To Choose Burial Site For Deceased Spouse, But Not The Absolute Right To Disinter And Move Spouse

In a case which resolved a conflict between two sections of the New Jersey Cemetery...

Oct

Congress Acts To Extend Federal Hate Crimes Law To Cover The Disabled

The House has voted to give the disabled, as well as gays and lesbians, federal...

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