CHAIR:

EVENTS/NEWS:

Morris Klein, Chair
4550 Montgomery Ave, Ste. 601N
Bethesda, MD 20814-3342
(301-652-4462 Fax: (301) 652-1086
Email: morrisklein@netzero.net

Section Dues: $15 per year

Law Day Events:
2ND ANNUAL LAW DAY WITH PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
To Volunteer:  Karren Pope-Onwukwe, County Coordinator Prince George’s County, MD, or call  301-927-3145. Deadline is March 26, 2010

ANNUAL LAW DAY HOWARD COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS
To Volunteer, contact Daria Carney, Volunteer Coordinator for Howard County, or call 443-276-1820.
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ANNUAL LAW DAY IN BALTIMORE COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS
There is a need for 30 volunteers.  To volunteer or for more details please email Victoria L. Grace, Esquire, or call at 410-828-8500.

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:

• 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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