If you accepted the responsibility of being the executor of someone’s New Jersey estate or being the trustee of his or her trust, you are a fiduciary whether you realize it or not. What this means is that the person placed his or her trust in you and you...
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Month: June 2018
Family strife could lead to complex and lengthy estate litigation
For New Jersey residents who spend their lives carefully accumulating wealth with the intention of passing down an inheritance to loved ones, few things are more distressing than the thought of their family members fighting over those assets. Yet without proper...
New Jersey elder law: POA agent limits
Setting up powers of attorney is part of a good estate plan. Knowing that one has one or more people assigned to handle health care and financial affairs in the event that one no longer can for him or herself due to age or infirmity can grant great peace of mind. When...
Estate litigation when there is no estate plan
When you lose a loved one, the stress of closing out his or her estate can feel overwhelming. If no estate plan was put in place, you and any other surviving family members or friends of the deceased may find the probate process in New Jersey to be too much to handle....
Who pays for estate litigation?
You were assigned to serve as the executor of a loved one's estate. You go about your business, getting everything ready for distribution to beneficiaries, when all of a sudden the claims start piling in against the estate. Estate litigation is unavoidable, but how...
Does estate planning have to involve trusts?
When making preparations for what should happen to one's assets in the event of death, one may easily get overwhelmed. Most New Jersey residents know that they need a will. Does estate planning have to involve trusts, too?The truth is, not everyone needs a trust. It...
Plan for kids now to avoid contested guardianships later
You are at a stage of life when you have young children at home. You would do anything and everything for them. Have you considered what would happen to them if you were no longer in the picture? While the vast majority of parents in New Jersey do not want to think...









