Legal Blog For Elder Law and Estate Planning In New Jersey

Estate Taxes Change with New White House Administration With each new administration in the White House and new Congress there are new tax laws and changed agendas.  In 1937 whenAmerica’s ...

There is a television program airing on Oprah Winfrey’s new network called “The Will: Family Secrets Revealed”. The title alone should inspire people to get their estate plans in order ...

The Hadley case inRhode Islandwhich was decided in 2005 is a well-known case for good intentions gone awry in estate planning. Art Hadley created a trust for his adult children ...

In our last post we discussed people who make claims against an estate as a beneficiary. It is also possible for a lawsuit to be filed against an estate.  Lawsuits ...

Claims Made Against Estates When someone claims an asset in an estate belongs to him/her but it is not left to him/her in the will or any trust document, he/she ...

In order to create an accurate estate plan, people need to organize their documents and take a complete inventory of all their assets and liabilities.  Creating an inventory not only ...

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions to do something better this year that we haven’t done in the past. A great easy New Year’s resolution is to “give more ...

Some people think it is a bad sign if a couple signs a prenuptial agreement because they think it is an indication that the couple is already planning on the ...