For those of you interested in elder law, here is an excerpt from my book, entitled New Jersey Elder Law: A Resource and Planning Guide. The book...
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When Recovery Efforts Go Further Than Expected
Medicaid is a health payment program for needy individuals. In other words, if a person meets the criteria for eligibility, Medicaid will pay for...
When Sharing an Account Starts to Shift Control
Many elderly people add a child’s name to their bank accounts. The reason most elderly people do this is to permit the child to access the account...
Medicaid Penalty Periods: Why They May Last Longer Than You Expect
A recent decision of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, serves as a cautionary tale for those seeking to qualify for Medicaid...
A Federal Victory for Medicaid Annuities
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently decided a case that greatly impacts Medicaid planning in New Jersey. I was...
Medicare versus Medicaid
A reader recently asked for an explanation of the differences between the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The following are excerpts from my book,...
Requirements of a Will
Most people understand the purpose of a last will and testament. A Will is a document the primary purpose of which is to pass a person’s assets to...
Recent Case Unfavorable to Caregiver Agreements
The other week, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, decided a case that sounds the death knell for caregiver agreements as a means...
An Excerpt from My Book
The following is an excerpt from my book, New Jersey Elder Law: A Resource and Planning Guide. The book is published by ALM Media. ALM is the...
Can I Amend My Will?
Oftentimes, a client asks me to draft an amendment to his last will and testament. Most people believe that an amendment to their Will is less...
How To Buy My Book
The following is an excerpt from my book, New Jersey Elder Law: A Resource and Planning Guide. The book is published by ALM Media. ALM is the...
How Current Legislation Could Affect Your Planning
Currently, there are two important bills pending in the federal and state legislatures that affected the aged and the disabled. One bill pending...
Agreements to Change a Will: What Families Should Know
In some situations, family members may believe they have an agreement regarding how a will should be changed or honored. These arrangements are...
Estate Administration Is Rarely as Simple as It Looks
Over the course of my career, I have drafted thousands of last wills and testaments for clients. As time passes, some of those clients have passed...
Kicking Dad to the Curb: Nursing Homes, Assisted Living & Medicaid
One of the most common questions I hear has to do with the placement of a family member in a long-term care facility, such as a nursing home or...
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The New Federal Estate and Gift Tax
In mid-December 2010, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "Tax Act"). The Tax Act makes some interesting modifications to the laws governing the federal estate and...
Keeping It in The Family
Many younger family members provide care to older family members. For instance, a mother might move in with her daughter, and the daughter might provide care to the mother in order to enable the mother to live at home instead of in a nursing home. The care that the...
Taxing Your House
June 2012: Taxing Your House Many of the people with whom I meet are still confused about the taxability of the profit they realize upon the sale of their house. A surprising number of people continue to believe that the gain that is realized upon the sale of their...
Do I Need a Power of Attorney?
What is the difference between a power of attorney and a guardianship? In one form or another, I find myself answering this question several times a week. First of all, you have to start with the premise that all individuals over the age of eighteen are presumed to be...
Will Barack Obama Increase the Federal Estate Tax?
"We need to change our estate planning documents before the end of the year when the Bush tax cuts expire." For the past month or two, some couple has come to my office making this statement. People believe now that President Obama has been re-elected, the federal...
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