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Elder and Disability Law, featured in the August 2010 issue of New Jersey Lawyer Magazine

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September 3, 2010 at 9:18 am

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The FAA’s clear authorization nullifies the specific prohibition of arbitration provisions in nursing home or assisted living facilities’ contracts

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August 10, 2010 at 12:31 pm

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Mere failure of memory, decay and feebleness of the intellectual faculties are not evidence of that degree of unsoundness of mind that will justify a finding a person incapacitated

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July 19, 2010 at 2:10 pm

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A patient has capacity to consent to medical treatment if she can reasonably understand her condition, the effect of the proposed treatment, and the risks of both undergoing and refusing the treatment

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July 7, 2010 at 11:19 am

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Plenary guardians possess the authority to control, monitor and schedule visitation with the incapacitated

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June 29, 2010 at 10:56 am

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Are divorces after forty years of marriage rare? Is “gray divorce” on the rise?

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June 4, 2010 at 10:38 am

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No adjustments to the penalty period resulting from a gift made within the look-back period can be made unless all assets gifted during the look-back period are returned to the Medicaid applicant

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June 4, 2010 at 8:20 am

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Check on the validity of your Life Care Contract

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March 26, 2010 at 1:37 pm

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Mediation and the elderly

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March 17, 2010 at 11:08 am

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If probate is refused, the court may make an allowance to be paid out of the estate of the decedent; if the probate is granted, and it shall appear that the contestant had reasonable cause for contesting the validity of the will or codicil, the court may make an allowance to the proponent and the contestant, to be paid out of the estate

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March 9, 2010 at 12:11 pm

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