What We Do
Our members are attorneys who contrate on areas of the law that particularly affect older people and people with disabilities. The types of problems we help clients with include:
- estate planning
- wills
- trusts
- health care advance directives
- durable powers of attorney
- guardianship
- long-term care planning
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- trusts for people with disabilities
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Events
AT LAST! SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, March 8. 2012
Special and Supplemental Needs Trusts
Presenters:
James A. Caffry, Esq.
Glenn A. Jarrett, Esq.
Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 pm, lunch included
Location: Capitol Plaza Hotel, Montpelier, VT
6 CLE credit hours
Co-Sponsor: VBA Elder Law Section
- Topics include:
- SNTs for Personal Injury and Divorce Cases
- Drafting Considerations
- Pooled Trusts
- Modification, Termination and the Vermont Trust Code
News
Vermont Supreme Court Decision on DPOAs:
2002 Law applied to pre-2002 DPOAs
In re Estate of Lovell (2010-285)
2011 VT 61 (June 10, 2011)
Medicare:
Courts rule against "improvement" requirement
In two recent federal district court cases, one in Vermont, the courts ruled that Medicare was wrong to discontinue services because the Medicare recipient was not improving. The Vermont case involved home health services that were discontinued because the patient's condition was "stable and unlikely to change." District Court Judge Reiss relied on previous Vermont District Court cases and Medicare statutory language in concluding that coverage for skilled services should be based on the individual patient's need for services at the beginning of the service period, including services needed to prevent deterioration. (more . . .)
NEW PROBATE FEES, WITH SURCHARGES
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2011.
There is a chart of fees and surcharges on the Vermont Judiciary's website. Fees and Surcharges
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