CHAIR:

EVENTS

Nomiki Weitzel, Chair
7652 Belair Rd
Baltimore, MD 21236
Phone:410-663-9400
Fax: 410-663-9404
Email: nbwoffice@aol.com

Section Dues: $15 per year

2009/2010 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Section offered several free meetings for Section members, including a review of the Brooke Astor case. It held its annual legislative meeting in Annapolis and has been active in monitoring a variety of bills of interest to Section members. It offered a range of elder law courses, including, for the second year, a course designed to give attorneys the opportunity to become accredited for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans’ benefi ts before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Section also organized its annual free, statewide legal clinic for seniors on Law Day, partnering with local aging agencies and senior centers, where volunteer attorneys answered questions and provided assistance to seniors in preparing Health Care Power of Attorneys and Living Will/Advance Directive forms. It continues to consider the feasibility of expanding its reach to include certain disability law issues.

ELDER LAW SECTION SURVEY ON DISABILITY PLANNING:

The Elder Law Section Council has created a survey regarding disability planning. It is only 12 questions and will only take a few minutes to complete. All responses are completely confidential. They are asking that you take a few minutes to complete the survey by Friday, June 5, 2009 so the results can be reviewed at the MSBA Annual Meeting.

Please follow this link to take the survey.

NEWS & DOCUMENTS:

• SNT Attorney Review Checklist - April 2010
  
  
• Brown v. DHMH
  Opinion from the Court of Appeals
• Karsenty vs. Schoukroun opinion
  
• Uniform Trust Code
  Last Revised or Amended in 2005
  (with changes recommended by Section Council of MSBA Estate and Trust Law Section)
• Nursing Home Transmittal
  MD. Dep't of Health and Mental Hygiene
  
• Mental Hygiene v. Brown
  MD. Dep't of Health and Mental Hygiene v. Brown, 177 Md. App. 440 (2007)

Members may join the following committees by contacting the Section Council members listed below:

1. Legislative - Lawrence Adashek, Chair
2. Publications - Nomiki Weitzel, Chair
3. Website, Nomiki Weitzel, Chair
4. CLE - Jason Frank, Chair
5. Section Meetings - Leslie Fried, Jennifer Goldberg, Camilla McRory, and Karren Jo Pope-Onwukwe
6. Long Term Care Medicaid Denial Program - Jeff Myers, Chair
7. Annual Meeting Planning Committee - Leslie Fried and Larue G. Lennon

PURPOSE:

The purposes of the Elder Law Section are To bring together members of the Maryland State Bar Association interested in Elder Law; To promote the continuing legal education of the bar in Elder Law; To sponsor Elder Law publications for the benefit of the bar and the public; To work on a cooperative basis to improve the law and promote the interest of the public and the members of the bar in Elder Law; and To promote the delivery of free or reduced fee legal services to the low income elderly.

SECTION INFORMATION:

Section dues are $15.00 annually.

Join Online or contact the MSBA at msba@msba.org to join the Section.

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