The manner in which the State calculates penalty periods for institutional level Medicaid care services has recently changed. Medicaid is a health...
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Revising Your Will Due to Estate Tax Change
For many years, the state of New Jersey imposed an estate tax on estates with a gross value greater than $675,000. Given the fact that the populous...
A Recent Decision Changed the Medicaid Landscape
The benefit of practicing one area of the law—in my case elder law—is that during your entire workday, you work on a narrow area of the law and...
The Best Reasons to Create a Trust Have Nothing to Do With Taxes
There are various reasons why it may be unwise to directly leave someone an inheritance. The beneficiary might be a minor, he might be disabled, or...
New Jersey’s Right To Die Law
New Jersey now has a right to die law. Formally, the law is known as the “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act.” The law permits a...
What Is the Most Important Estate Planning Document
What is the most important estate planning document that a person can have? In my opinion, a financial power of attorney is the most important...
Lack of Cooperation
A recent case highlights the fault in an old argument about how much help the State must provide to an applicant for Medicaid benefits. Medicaid is...
Taking Charge of Your Health
An advanced health care directive could be one of two documents or a combination of those two documents. An advanced health care directive could be...
Why Simple Wills Can Create Complications
Many people believe a simple will is all they need to handle their estate, especially when their assets seem straightforward. However, even basic...
How Do I Apply for Medicaid Benefits in New Jersey?
Medicaid is a federal and state health payment plan for needy individuals. If an individual qualifies for Medicaid benefits, Medicaid will pay for...
Who Is a Typical Medicaid Planning Client
How does a person qualify for Medicaid benefits? The answer to this question varies depending on the person’s individual circumstances; however, a...
Can a Trust Be Modified After It Is Created?
People often use trusts in their estate plan. But what if a trust is established and circumstances change. Can a trust be modified to conform to...
Should I Name a Beneficiary
Many people are told that they should designate a beneficiary on their account. Their account might be a 401(k) account, an individual...
What Is PEME?
Medicaid is a government health payment plan for needy individuals. If an individual qualifies for Medicaid benefits, Medicaid will pay for many of...
Prepaid Funerals and Medicaid
Many of my clients seek to qualify for Medicaid benefits. Medicaid is a federal and state government health plan for needy individuals. There are...
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Are Guardianships Vehicles of Abuse?
I recently watched a docuseries. This particular show was about guardianships. The theme of the docuseries is to expose the ways in which people in power or the-know steal from others. The theme of this particular show was about how people serving in the role of...
Stimulus Check
My office has received a number of calls about the federal stimulus check that many taxpayers received. There are two basic questions that my office receives, and the questions are as follows: My loved one died in 2019, how do I cash his stimulus check? Or, My mom...
Meeting Me in the Age of Covid: Remote Estate Planning
Lately, you may have been thinking about your mortality and deciding that you definitely need to have your last will and testament drafted—the one you’ve been putting off for years. While you were at it, you wanted to have a living will and financial power of...
It’s Good To Have Help
Currently, we are all self-quarantining. When you rarely leave your home, you see how difficult it is to accomplish daily tasks. Basic things that need to get done simple aren’t getting done. We are putting off to tomorrow what we cannot do today. The government...
Another Medicaid Planning Win for a Family in Crisis
This past week I received a very favorable result in a federal lawsuit that I filed against the state of New Jersey over a Medicaid issue. The result of this lawsuit is important for several reasons that I want to quickly discuss in this brief article. First, the...
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