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20
Aug

Are VA Aid And Attendance Benefits Available For The Spouse Of A Veteran And, If So, How Much Can The Spouse Expect To Receive?

(The following is based upon a real discussion that recently took place on an elder...
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15
Aug

Under New Policy, Medicare Will No Longer Pay The Extra Cost Of Treating Certain Medical Conditions That Occur While A Patient Is In The Hospital

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new State Medicaid Directors...
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13
Aug

According To The Wall Street Journal, Nursing Homes Are Forcing Out Frail And Ill Residents In An Effort To Replace Them With Shorter-Term Residents Likely To Bring More Revenue

Federal law allows nursing homes to evict residents for six reasons: they are healthy enough...
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12
Aug

Study Finds That Settling A Lawsuit Is Better Than Going To Trial In the Vast Majority Of Cases

A part of my practice involves mediation and collaborative legal practice. Both mediation and collaborative...
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10
Aug

The Future of the Practice of Law in New Jersey: More Technology, More Specialization, Aging Clients, More Mediation and Collaborative Practice, and Fewer Trials

New Jersey Lawyer (NJL), the official newspaper of the New Jersey Bar, recently took a...
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29
Jul

The Goal of Divorce Mediation is a Good Divorce

THE GOAL OF DIVORCE MEDIATION: A “GOOD” DIVORCE A “good” divorce accomplishes 3 objectives: Legal...
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28
Jul

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Fix Estate Tax at 2009 Level

A bipartisan bill that would freeze the estate tax at the level that will prevail...
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25
Jul

NJ Supreme Court holds that punitive damages are not ordinarily permitted in an estate litigation or will contest even when the proponent of the will has engaged in egregious behavior resulting in undue influence

In the Matter of the Estate of Madeleine Stockdale, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered...
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20
Jul

Union County Judge Enters An Order, The First Of Its Kind In New Jersey, Establishing A Third Party Special Needs Trust In An Intestate Estate

For a number of years now, elder law attorneys in New Jersey have often achieved...
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17
Jul

Study Ranks Out-of-Pocket Costs of Raising Child with Special Needs by State

Parents raising children with special needs face significant extra costs for therapies, rehabilitation and specialty...
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14
Jul

Susceptibility To Undue Influence Does Not Equal Incapacity

In probate or guardianship litigation, claims are often made that an elderly parent or family...
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11
Jul

Owner of this weblog interviewed on wsRadio.com, internet radio, about elder mediation

I had my first experience with internet radio on July 1st when I was interviewed...
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09
Jul

How are states handling economic stimulus checks issued to people who are on Medicaid, SSI or other needs-based government benefit programs?

The federal statute concerning the stimulus checks exempts them from being counted as income by...
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07
Jul

New report from the Congressional Research Service provides an overview of Veterans Benefits

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a wide range of benefits and services to...
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03
Jul

New case holds that a guardian in New Jersey has an affirmative duty to disclose a conflict of interest involving the sale of real property owned by the ward

In a new published opinion, Burke et al. v. Sea Point Realtors et al., DOCKET...
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01
Jul

Owner of this Blog identified by NJBIZ magazine as One of the Top Elder Law Attorneys in New Jersey

NJBIZ is a weekly magazine covering business news in New Jersey. In the June 2,...
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30
Jun

Social Security statements now are advising recipients that Medicare does not cover long-term care / nursing home costs

Social Security statements now are advising recipients that Medicare does not cover long-term care expenses....
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25
Jun

Nursing homes will get a star rating from the federal government to help consumers pick the best facilities

Nursing homes will get a “star rating” from the federal government to help consumers pick...
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20
Jun

New Jersey Supreme Court sets precedent, ruling that an unmarried couple does not have to live together in order for one partner to sue the other for palimony after a breakup

In a ruling that overturned close to 30 years of legal precedent in the area...
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18
Jun

Recent article discusses federal and state legal safeguards against involuntary transfers or discharges of nursing home residents who receive or have applied for Medicaid benefits

A recent article in the NJ Lawyer newspaper examined the safeguards in federal and state...
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