Legal Blog For Elder Law and Estate Planning In New Jersey

Getting your estate in order requires careful attention to details.  Are you going to leave your assets outright to your wife and/or children or does establishing Trusts make more sense? ...

This third installment in our series concerns the new federal tax law (signed into law in January 2013) as it applies to taxes on gifting and estates.  In summary, the new law ...

On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed into law The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.  This new law, which went into effect in 2013, establishes a set of permanent ...

Hurricane Sandy has been a very harsh reminder that life can change in an instant, and that the unexpected can bring great difficulty and tragedy.  Flooding, massive power outages, destruction ...

The United States is experiencing very rapid growth in its “senior” population.  Many of us will live long, healthy lives.  However, at some point, we may no longer be able ...

It is estimated that the divorce rate for parents with special needs children is between 80% to 90%, a staggering number.  Under the best of circumstances, divorce, when it involves ...

As discussed in Parts 1-3 of this series, a “Special Needs Trust” is used to hold assets for a person with a physical or mental disability or with chronic illness. ...

In discussing Special Needs Trusts, it is important to remember that their purpose is to improve the quality of disabled people’s lives beyond the basic assistance provided by government programs. ...

In our prior posting, we defined “Special Needs Trusts.”  To recap, a “Special Needs Trust”  is used to hold assets for a person with a physical or mental disability or with chronic illness. ...

If you or a loved one has special needs, you will be faced with a unique set of issues when undertaking estate planning.  This post is the first in a ...