Estate Planning

Your pets need care if you suddenly die or become incapacitated. Estate planning should help assure that your pet has a home, veterinary care, food and love when you are unable to provide care. Emergency precautions     Designate at least two responsible relatives or...

For a New Jersey resident motivated to do estate planning, it may be very easy to get focused on what will happen to her property after she dies. Indeed, this is a very important question, as poor estate planning can mean an estate gets tangled up in lengthy and...

As a resident of New Jersey, you have worked hard to get your estate to where it is at today. You want to protect it through a carefully crafted estate plan. This ensures that your loved ones can enjoy your assets and a smooth, stress-free transfer. But to do this,...

As a resident of New Jersey, you work hard to create and maintain your estate. It goes without say that you put the same care into your estate plan. Because of this, you want to have an executor that will carry out your estate management well.  But should you choose a...

We have all seen films where a dying character makes last wishes on his or her deathbed — allotting wishes for how to distribute his or her possessions. If this is what you are planning, reevaluate now. In New Jersey, your family may honor your last wishes out of love...

The executor role is one that requires a high degree of responsibility and thoroughness, so the decision about who to make yours should involve careful consideration. While you want to appoint someone you trust to be your executor, you also want to avoid alienating or...

As a parent, it may be important for you to leave an inheritance for your children. Most parents agree that young adults and minor children do not know how to spend an inheritance wisely. What about older adult children?  Parents of adult children understand that...

Parents often joke that their children form the foundation of their retirement plans. They invest in their lives and build them up to be great and successful people so they can take care of them when they are old. In many instances, this is precisely what happens. ...

When you own a business, there are a lot of considerations. One consideration that some owners forget about is the estate plan. You know that you need an estate plan for your personal life, but does it help your business? According to Huffington Post, if you spent...

Estate planning is often a daunting process, and you may avoid or postpone it because you do not know where to begin. The American Association of Retired Persons reports that this is a common issue and that 60 percent of adults in the United States do not have an...