Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Nov

10 Elder-Friendly Bills That May Be Enacted In The New Congress

November 25, 2008

Fresh from their recent electoral victories, Congressional Democratic leaders are vowing to pursue an aggressive...

Nov

FDIC Temporarily Boosts Insurance Limit to $250,000, Including Trusts

November 22, 2008

The recently passed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (aka “the bailout bill”) temporarily raises...

Nov

Collaborative law process featured in business section of Star-Ledger newspaper

November 8, 2008

The business section of the Star-Ledger newspaper has a recurring feature entitled “Shop Talk” which...

Nov

Upcoming Speaking Engagments

November 2, 2008

I have a number of speaking engagements scheduled during the first few weeks of November...

Oct

CMS Issues Final Rule Enabling Medicaid Beneficiaries To Direct Personal Assistance Services

October 9, 2008

A final rule that would allow more Medicaid beneficiaries to be in charge of their...

Oct

The October 17th edition of the Family Circle Magazine has a GREAT article on Collaborative Divorce

October 8, 2008

The word is really starting to get out about the collaborative divorce process! The October...

Sep

I am now an Accredited Attorney under the regulations for the Department of Veterans Affairs

September 25, 2008

I am happy to report that, as of September 19, 2008, I am an accredited...

Sep

Medicare Part B Premium Unchanged For 2009

September 24, 2008

Medicare’s monthly premium will be unchanged at $96.40 next year for most of the 44...

Sep

In an important case, a NJ administrative law judge decided that a bank account titled to a Medicaid applicant and another person does not automatically disqualify the applicant for Medicaid

September 16, 2008

New Jersey’s Office of Administrative Law recently issued a significant ruling that may make it...

Aug

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

August 12, 2008

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

Jul

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Fix Estate Tax at 2009 Level

July 28, 2008

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

Jul

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

July 17, 2008

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

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

July 3, 2008

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

Jun

New Jersey plans to implement Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program on July 1, 2008

June 6, 2008

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (“DRA”) authorized the expansion of the Long Term Care...

Jun

Assisted-living facilities in South Jersey accused of evicting residents when savings gone

June 1, 2008

According to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the New Jersey Office of the...

May

Owner of this Blog identified by NJBIZ magazine as One of the Top Mediators in New Jersey in the Business and Commercial practice areas

May 30, 2008

NJBIZ is a weekly magazine covering business news in New Jersey. In the May 5,...

May

High-Tech Devices Promote Aging in Place for the Elderly

May 25, 2008

Will aging baby-boomers who wish to remain at home in their later years (called “aging...

May

NJ Health Care Workers Protest Proposed Budget Cuts to Hospitals and Nursing Homes

May 21, 2008

Hundreds of health care workers braved windswept rain outside the Statehouse recently to protest nearly...

May

NY Times Special Section Discusses Health and Aging