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The following post contains a summary of the noteworthy trust cases decided by New Jersey courts in the past year and a half, in chronological order. I also included links to the articles about the cases posted on this blog.  (1)    Pfeifer v. Langone, 2012 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 429 (App. Div. Feb. 29, 2012). [...]

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Below, courtesy of the ElderLawAnswers website, is the annual roundup of the top 12 elder law decisions decided by federal and state courts in 2012. The cases were selected based upon readership as measured by the number of readers who “clicked through” to the full story in the website’s Weekly and Monthly e-letters. Links in [...]

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Listed below are the posts on the Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli Blog with the highest readership in 2012. Certain “Blue Water” Navy Vietnam Veterans Now Eligible For Agent Orange Presumptive Service-Connected Compensation Benefits Top 10 Veterans Service-Connected Disability Compensation Benefit Cases Decided By The Federal Circuit Top Ten New Jersey Elder and Disability [...]

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As we age, the decrease in independence and concurrent increasing need for care which often occur can be a source of stress and conflict in many families. Adult children who must provide care to aging parents or who must make health care or financial decisions for dependent family members face tremendous challenges. Care-giving and decision-making [...]

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(The 15th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium was held on October 3, 2012 at the New Jersey Law Center, in New Brunswick, NJ. This year, as in the past few years, I gave the case law update at the opening plenary session by summarizing the top ten (10) or so elder and disability law [...]

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Below is a roundup of the top 10 national elder law decisions for the past year, as measured by the readers of the ElderLawAnswers website. 1. Medicaid Applicant’s Penalty Period Does Not Begin Until Returned Assets Are Spent Down In Marino v. Velez (U.S. Ct. App., 3rd Cir., No. 10-2324, Jan. 10, 2011), the U.S. Court of [...]

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Listed below are the blog posts, articles and other content from the Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli website and blog with the highest readership in 2011. Certain “Blue Water” Navy Vietnam Veterans Now Eligible For Agent Orange Presumptive Service-Connected Compensation Benefits Summary Of Changes To The Estate And Gift Tax Laws In 2011 And [...]

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(The 14th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium was held on September 21, 2011 at the New Jersey Law Center, in New Brunswick, NJ. This year, along with a formal presentation on assigning income to special needs trusts, I gave the case law update at the opening plenary session by summarizing the top ten (10) [...]

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More than in prior years, this year I’ve been focused on preparing “top ten” lists.  Regular readers may have noticed this. I think I’ve prepared 6 “top ten” lists in the past few months, summarizing the top New Jersey cases decided in 2010 in the various areas of law that my law firm practices in, [...]

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In January 2011, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) hosted the annual Family Law Symposium. This year an overflow crowd of over 700 family lawyers were in attendance, the largest audience to attend any program ever held by NJICLE. One presentation in the Family Law Symposium identified the “top 10 family law [...]

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