What Can I Do to Plan for Incapacity?
As part of your financial and estate planning, you should make arrangements for your care, in case you become incapacitated.
Do I Need an Estate Plan with a New Child in the Family?
If you have children or are expecting one, you may also want to take the three big estate planning steps that we did.
What Should I Know about Guardianship?
One of the key functions of the family law system is to ensure that children are looked after appropriately. This is the basis for the doctrine of legal guardianship.
Am I Making One of the Five Common Estate Planning Mistakes?
When is the last time you updated your will? Could your beneficiaries have changed? If you have a trust, did you actually fund it? Is your plan ready for the new SECURE Act? Here are five mistakes you don't want to make.
Can I Keep a Loved One’s Inheritance From Their Spouse?
I plan to leave most of my estate to my niece, but I do not want her estranged husband to be able to get his hands on any of the money. They are not getting divorced ‘because of the child.’ What is the most economical way to do this? They live in Missouri and may be moving to South Carolina. I am a New Jersey resident.
A Good Move to Make during the Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis isn't just costing Americans their freedom and jobs; it's also forcing millions to contemplate their own mortality.
How Does Former Nickelodeon Star Amanda Bynes Pregnancy Impact Her Conservatorship?
Amanda Bynes recently revealed that she is pregnant and now Us Weekly reports that her conservatorship may impact the custody of her baby.
Do I Need to Be Wealthy to Set Up a Trust?
If you've heard of trust funds but don't know what they are or how they work, you're not alone. Many people know just one key fact about trust funds: they're set up by the ultra-wealthy as a way to protect passing on significant sums of money to family, friends or entities (charities, for example) after they pass away.
What Will Happen to Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate?
Two days before he died in what was ruled a suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, Jeffrey Epstein signed a will that put all of his holdings into a trust.
Do You Think Everything Is All Set with Your Estate Plan?
You’ve considered how you want your estate to be distributed after you die. Hopefully, you’ve even written a will to make sure your wishes will be followed. So, your estate is planned…right?