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WHAT IS ESTATE PLANNING IN NEW JERSEY?
A solid New Jersey estate plan does more than distribute assets—it protects your legacy and spares loved ones from unnecessary burdens. Your plan will typically include a will that sets forth your wishes, strategic trusts, essential legal directives, and smart tax...
HOW TO EXECUTE A NEW JERSEY ESTATE
A death occurs. Suddenly you must take action to settle your loved one’s final affairs. What do you do next? Your essential job, if you are the executor, to amass and protect all the estate assets and property and to identify and pay all of its debts and taxes, then...
Maintaining a Special Needs Trust
In the all-important process of estate planning, trusts can serve a vast variety of purposes. Their versatility makes trusts a complicated topic, but all of them have a basic structure in common: Trusts empower a trustee to manage assets on behalf of a beneficiary. If...
April is the Cruelest Month: When the Promise of Spring Contrasts with Poor Student Performance
It’s that time of year. The end of the third marking period, also known as IEP season. Has the school staff said your child is doing fine and making good progress, but you don’t see it? You’ve trusted them, but now you have your doubts. Should you follow their...
Tax Proposals Affecting Wealth Transfer: Things to Consider in Your 2025 Estate Plan
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