What To Include in an Estate Plan for a Special Needs Relative in New Jersey
When someone close to you has special needs, it is natural to feel overwhelmed. Whether the loved one is a child, an adult, or an elderly person in addition to ...
Estate Planning vs. Elder Law in New Jersey
One of the questions we are often asked is what is the difference between estate planning and elder law. As both an estate planning attorney and elder law attorney, I ...
5 Things You Might Not Know You Need To Do When A Loved One Dies
Dealing with the death of a loved one is an overwhelming experience. Time seems to both slow down and speed up and the rollercoaster of emotions is overpowering. Even though ...
Cryptocurrency & Estate Planning
Cryptocurrencies have taken the financial world by storm over the past couple of years, which means we in the estate planning world better hurry up and figure out how to ...
Avoiding A Family Feud Over Your Estate Plan
In a year where we are wading through a new tax law and have a lot of questions about which way the market might be headed, 44% of estate planning ...
Independent Contractors Should Consider an LLC
With the downturn in the economy and more people losing their jobs, more people are turning to their entrepreneurial spirits and starting their own businesses. At-home businesses are booming and ...
Business Partnerships in Estate Planning
Changes in Partnership Usually when a business partner dies, a business partnership is considered legally dissolved. If more than two people are business partners though, the partnership can continue despite ...
Disinheriting a Child in an Estate Plan
What if I Leave my Child Out of my Will? Parents have different reasons for disinheriting a child in their Last Will and Testament. Sometimes parents believe it is in ...
5 Resolutions You Can Keep that will Protect You and Your Family
Statistics show that New Year’s resolutions are maintained continuously by most Americans for only one or two weeks. Here are 5 resolutions that you can keep and that will help ...
2016 Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts Announced
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that for 2016 the estate and gift tax exemption limit increases to $5.45 million per person, an increase from $5.43 million per person. A qualifying ...