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Feb

Executor Can Impose Trust To Prevent Surviving Spouse's Unjust Enrichment

An executor may block a surviving spouse’s attempts to withdraw assets from a decedent’s estate...

Feb

New Jersey Court Rules For The First Time That An Annuity Owned By The Community Spouse Is Not An Available Resource In Determining Eligibility For Medicaid Benefits

As I reported here and here, federal district and appellate courts in Pennsylvania have ruled...

Feb

Annual Estate and Gift Tax Exclusions in 2009

Every year the Internal Revenue Service publishes new rates and tables for a variety of...

Feb

VA Continues To Underestimate The Costs Of Long-Term Care For Disabled Vets

The long-term budget plan developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for rehabilitating veterans...

Feb

Life Settlement Planning Opportunities

(I previously blogged about life settlements here, but there’s much more to say about the...

Jan

Medicaid Applicant Denied Fair Hearing After Her Power of Attorney Waited Too Long to Appeal Denial of Medicaid Application

A New Jersey appeals court recently determined that a Medicaid applicant is not entitled to...

Jan

Principles And Guidelines For The Practice Of Collaborative Law

I. Goals 1. Our goal is to create settlement options for the benefit of ourselves...

Jan

NJ Appellate Court Holds That Mere Friction Or Hostility Between A Beneficiary And A Trustee or Executrix Is Not Sufficient Grounds For Removal Of A Fiduciary

In an unpublished opinion, the Superior Court, Appellate Division, reversed a trial court’s judgment summarily...

Jan

Upcoming Program For Professionals Engaged In The Field Of Aging Sponsored By The Elder Mediation Center Of New Jersey

The Elder Mediation Center of New Jersey invites you to explore the practice of Elder...

Jan

New Banner For The Elder Mediation Center Website

We at the Elder Mediation Center are thinking of trying out a new banner, to accompany the...

Jan

Measure Would Mandate That Palimony Pacts Be In Writing

Recently, New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee signaled bipartisan support for legislation that would require that all palimony...

Jan

Bills Would Deprive Abusive Parents of Alimony And Inheritance Rights

Recently, the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees unanimously recommended passage of legislation that would eliminate...

Jan

The Basics of VA Pension Benefits

A. The Difference Between VA Compensation and VA Pension Benefits. A veteran who suffered an...

Jan

The Basics of VA Compensation Benefits and the Effect that the receipt of VA Compensation will have upon Eligibility for SSI and Medicaid Benefits

If a person with disabilities is a veteran, a child of a veteran, the spouse...

Jan

Federal Court Again Rules That The Payment Stream From An Annuity Paid To The Spouse Of A Nursing Home Resident Is Not Countable In Determining The Nursing Home Resident's Eligibility For Medicaid

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in a case entitled Weatherbee...

Jan

Uniform Adult Guardianship And Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

The Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceeding Jurisdiction Act (UAGPPJA) has been endorsed by the...

Jan

CMS issues new POMS for trusts

A new Programs Operations Manual System (POMS), used by Social Security Administration employees to administer...

Jan

SSA Adopts "Preponderance of the Evidence" Standard

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued a final rule that applies the “preponderance of...

Jan

SSA Online Retirement Tools

Retirement Estimator. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a new on-line calculator that allows authenticated...

Jan

Legal Podcasting

A podcast is a series of audio or video digital media files which is distributed...

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