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Special Needs Trusts
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May

Top 10 New Jersey Elder Law and Special Needs Planning Cases Decided in 2014

May 21, 2015
The 17th Annual Elder Law Retreat, presented by the New Jersey State Bar Association Elder and...
15
Apr

Distributions From Special Needs Trust Cause Ineligibility For Housing Assistance Under Section 8 Program

April 15, 2015
A federal district court ruled that a public housing authority properly counted distributions from a...
04
Feb

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015 Introduced in Congress

February 4, 2015
On February 3, 2015, U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) in...
14
Dec

Disabled Children of Military Families Allowed to pay Military Survivor Benefits into Special Needs Trust

December 14, 2014
On December 12, 2014, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 (NDAA). Among...
04
Dec

Recent Legal Developments in Special Needs Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries

December 4, 2014
On December 3rd, I presented at the 72nd Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum sponsored by...
01
Dec

Social Security Benefits Deposited Into Special Needs Trust Countable In Determining Medicaid Eligibility

December 1, 2014
Reversing a trial court, an appeals court ruled that a beneficiary’s Social Security benefits, though...
18
Oct

NAELA News Release about Our Victory in NJ Supreme Court Allowing State Pensions to be Paid to Special Needs Trusts  

October 18, 2014
NAELA Aids Win for Children With Disabilities of Retired New Jersey Police and Firefighters New...
29
Sep

NAELA Members described as “True Friends of the Court” in New Jersey Supreme Court decision allowing State Pension to pay into Special Needs Trust

September 29, 2014
Appearing Above, Left to Right: NAELA Board member Ron Landsman, Esq., CAP, who filed a...
23
Sep

Article in New Jersey Law Journal on Our Recent NJ Supreme Court Victory in Case Involving a Disabled Child, State Pension and Special Needs Trust

September 23, 2014
Court OKs Trusts for Disabled Kids of Cops and Firefighters NJ Supreme Court Justice Jaynee...
13
Sep

NJ Supreme Court Permits Disabled Child of Retired Fireman to Designate Special Needs Trust as Beneficiary of State Pension Plan

September 13, 2014
(In the midst of my oral argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court held on...
04
May

12 Things You May Not Know About The Affordable Care Act

May 4, 2014
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is an historic effort by the government to extend medical...
20
Mar

Video of Presentation for Monmouth County Bar Family Law Committee on “Pensions and Special Needs Trusts”

March 20, 2014
  Summary of Presentation: Pensions and Special Needs Trusts Special Needs Trusts (SNTs): Special needs...
02
Mar

Making Appropriate Disbursements From First Party Special Needs Trusts

March 2, 2014
A Special Needs Trust, sometimes called a Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT), is a trust designed...
17
Feb

Video of NJ Supreme Court Oral Argument to Give Public Employee the Right to Direct Pension Death Benefit to Special Needs Trust for Disabled Child

February 17, 2014
Video of Oral Argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Thomas Saccone v. Board...
07
Feb

Photos From Our Supreme Court Oral Argument

February 7, 2014
On Thursday, February 4, 2014, I, along with amicus counsel, argued before the New Jersey...
06
Feb

Agenda Posted Outside of the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday, February 4, 2014

February 6, 2014
This is the agenda posted outside the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday, February 4,...
05
Feb

New Jersey Law Journal Reports on Oral Argument in Supreme Court Special Needs Trust Case: Court Weighs Designating Trusts as Beneficiaries in State Pension Plans

February 5, 2014
(A news report published in the New Jersey Law Journal on yesterday’s oral argument in...
04
Feb

Opening Statement Made Before New Jersey Supreme Court In Special Needs Trust Case

February 4, 2014
On February 4, 2014, Donald Vanarelli, Esq. argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf...
26
Jan

New Jersey Supreme Court Tentative Argument Schedule for February 4, 2014

January 26, 2014
(From the website of the New Jersey Judiciary)  The following is the Supreme Court’s schedule...
19
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...
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