Spousal Support – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Dec

Special Needs Trusts and Divorce / Part 2: Child Support

December 5, 2016

(On December 1, 2016, I moderated the first Advanced Special Needs Trust Symposium, an all-day...

Dec

Special Needs Trusts and Divorce / Part 1: Alimony and Property Settlement Agreements

December 2, 2016

(On December 1, 2016, I moderated the first Advanced Special Needs Trust Symposium, an all-day...

Sep

Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. to Moderate the Advanced Special Needs Trust Symposium

September 9, 2016

“Use of Special Needs Trusts in Cases Involving Divorce” to be presented by leading NJ...

Dec

Imputation of Income to a Divorcing Spouse

December 11, 2015

In many divorce cases, when a one spouse or parent is not reporting his or...

Mar

Disabled Vet Ordered Into VA Nursing Home Against His Wishes So His Limited Income Can Be Used To Pay Alimony

March 20, 2015

New Jersey’s Appellate Court ruled that, under the appropriate circumstances, it is equitable to require...

Dec

Special Needs Planning During And After Marriage

December 19, 2013

(Recently, I was the featured speaker at a meeting of the New Jersey Association of...

Jun

Court Resolves Conflicting Provisions In Divorce Settlement Agreement And Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations

June 5, 2013

Thomas v. Thomas, Docket No. A-2388-11T2 (N.J. Super. App. Div. June 4, 2013), involved competing...

May

Presentation on the Impact of Elder Law Issues on Divorce Mediation

May 4, 2013

On Saturday, April 27, 2013, I presented a session on the impact of elder law...

Mar

New Jersey Legislature Considers Bill Allowing Courts To Modify Alimony And Child Support Based Upon Decrease In Income Of Paying Spouse

March 5, 2012

Bill No. 1388 was recently introduced in the New Jersey Senate with an identical, companion...

Nov

Divorce and Special Needs Planning

November 23, 2011

Divorce is never easy, but if a child or spouse with special needs is involved,...

Nov

Post-Divorce Checklist

November 20, 2011

General Divide all property according to divorce decree. Re-title ownership of assets, including your...

Feb

Top Ten (10) New Jersey Family Law Cases Decided In 2010

February 24, 2011

In January 2011, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) hosted the annual...

Aug

A Case Study Involving Social Security and SSI Benefits, An Overpayment, Divorce, A Special Needs Trust And A Successful Effort To Increase The SSI Monthly Benefit Amount

August 6, 2010

I don’t usually blog about the Social Security cases my law firm handles, although we...

Aug

New Jersey Appellate Court Rules That Trustees Cannot Be Ordered To Disburse Trust Assets to Satisfy Alimony And Child Support Obligations Of Divorced Spouse Beneficiary

August 5, 2009

In Lerman v. Lerman, Docket No. A-1953-07T3 (App. Div., August 4, 2009), the trustees of...

Apr

New State Law Bars Alimony, Inheritance for Abusive, Neglectful Parents

April 21, 2009

Parents who abuse, abandon, neglect or cause the death of their children will be ineligible...

Jan

CMS issues new POMS for trusts

January 21, 2009

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