Blog – Page 81 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Mar

Stimulus Payment for Social Security Recipients to Arrive in May's Mail

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

Mar

Westfield Lawyer Donald D. Vanarelli (Retired) Selected As A New Jersey Super Lawyer for Third Consecutive Year

Highly regarded Certified Elder Law Attorney among just five percent of lawyers in state to...

Mar

Frail Elderly Nursing Home Residents Have Become Victims Of Younger, Stronger and Dangerous Mentally Ill

Over the past several years, nursing homes have become dumping grounds for young and middle-age...

Mar

Shrinking Staff Levels, A Dramatically Increasing Workload And More Complicated Disabling Impairments Lead To An Exploding Backlog Of SSA Claims

According to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office, shrinking staff levels, a dramatically...

Mar

NJ Senate Approves Palimony in Writing Legislation

Earlier this month, the state Senate approved, by a vote of 21-14, bipartisan-sponsored legislation that...

Mar

Pew Research Center Issues Its Bleakest-Ever Report On The State Of The News Media in the United States

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, a nonpolitical, nonpartisan research institute, recently...

Mar

Deirdre Wheatley-Liss, Local Attorney, Named to New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business

Congratulations to my colleague, Deirdre Wheatley-Liss, on being chosen as one of New Jersey’s 50...

Mar

Deirdre Wheatley-Liss, Local Attorney, Named to New Jersey's Best 50 Women in Business

Congratulations to my colleague, Deirdre Wheatley-Liss, on being chosen as one of New Jersey’s 50...

Mar

State and Federal Courts Disbar Attorney for Backdating Deed for Medicaid Planning Purposes

In January 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit disbarred an attorney who...

Mar

New Jersey Court Rules That Hospital Must Resume Life Support For Patient In Vegetative State

A Union County judge has ordered life support resumed for a patient who has been...

Mar

Do You Have An Advance Directive For Mental Health Care? Why Would You Want One?

An advance directive for mental health care (ADMHC) is a legal document similar to an...

Mar

NJ Administrative Judge Finds That A Retirement Annuity Owned By A Community Spouse Is Exempt Under Medicaid

In only the second administrative law case of its kind decided in New Jersey, an...

Mar

Seven Common Mistakes Made By Elder Law Attorneys With Suggested Solutions

According to Aspen Publishers, there are seven common mistakes made by elder law attorneys that,...

Feb

Ten most common reasons why a claimant for Social Security benefits may lose on appeal

Here are the ten most common reasons why a claim for benefits from the Social...

Feb

NJ Appeals Court Rules That Annuities Are Countable Under Medicaid

In a case of major importance in the Medicaid estate planning area, the Appellate Division...

Feb

Social Security's Disability Backlog: Economic Stimulus Package May Help

The average time it took to process a claim for benefits with Social Security Administration...

Feb

Court Finds That Vaccines Are Not Responsible for Autism

A special court recently ruled against three families who claimed that childhood vaccinations contributed to...

Feb

Obama Plans to Freeze the Federal Estate Tax at Current Levels and to Make the Estate Tax Marital Deduction "Portable"

The Wall Street Journal recently reported here and here that the new administration has decided...

Feb

Funds Set Aside for Legal Fees Pursuant to a Court Order are Countable Assets

Recently, a Massachusetts trial court upheld a hearing officer’s decision holding that assets which a...

Feb

My Article on "Emerging Medicaid Eligibility Strategies" Published in the New Jersey Law Journal

Recently, a number of significant decisions have been produced by New Jersey courts and administrative...

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