Codicil: A Codicil to a will is actually an amendment and it is possible once you execute your primary will to make...
Power of Attorney Specific: There is a power of attorney which is called a general durable power of attorney. That...
Administrator: An administrator is a person who is appointed by law in the State of New Jersey, who is not named in...
Attorney for Probate The question I get a lot of time is, "do I need to hire an attorney to help me with...
Guardian: People often ask me the difference between a guardian and a trustee. I’ve seen wills in which --...
Power of Attorney: In addition to a will and a living will the other important document that you should have is a...
Executor: You’ve just been appointed executor of a will. The person has now died. What do you do? Well, the...
Probate: In New Jersey probate is pretty straightforward. What you do is after someone passes away is take the...
Letters Testamentary: Letters testamentary are the documents that you receive from the surrogate when you get...
Intestacy and Property: Intestacy. That means that you have no will. The transfer of property by intestacy means...
Probate is a process of providing the actual will to the probate court in the county where that person passed away; and it’s the executor...
Wills and Trusts Lawyer Video
Who Needs a Will?: Everybody who is alive today probably needs a will. But there are certain people who need it...
Will vs Living Trust: The difference between a will and a revokable living trust are...
Executor vs Administrator: The difference between and Executor and an Administratior depends on how that person is...
Sound Mind: You may have heard the term sound mind or competence. The easiest way to look at this is as follows:...
Contested Will: A will contest. When a will is probated obviously the terms of the will are pretty straightforward...
What is a Will? A will is a document created in order to pass along your assets and provide for your family when...
Caveat: You may have heard the term caveat. When someone has an objection to the way in which something has been...
A lot of clients ask me that very thing. A living will is a document which...
No Will and Minors: The question is if -- if one or both parents pass away and there are minor children, there is a...
Holographic Will: In New Jersey there is the possibility of you yourself executing a will, which is called a...
We will write wills. We will also do trusts for clients who need those. There are just a lot of issues. We will do Power of...
Chosing a Guardian: Dedciding on who is going to be the guardian of your minor children is a tough question, and...
What is a Codicil? A codicil is an amendment to a will. Basically, anything that you put in a will can be...
Limits to Probate: Actually there really isn’t technically a time within which you have to probate a will....
Guardians vs Trustees: I've been asked the question a lot: "what's a guardian and what's a...
Problems with Intestacy: Intestacy. That means you don’t have a will. And when you don’t have a will...
Special Needs: A question I get a lot that's an important one is, "I have a special needs child. Is...
Personal Belongings: After a will comes into play, and that means after the death of a person, the executor has to...
Destroying a Will: When you write a will that document is supposed to speak at the time of your death. And by speak...
A trust is a way in which you can place property into a special box, so to speak, for the benefit of someone else. Trusts are used sometimes...
Executor Lawyer: It is possible that you as the executor may not know all of the ins and outs of gathering together...
Estate Planning Tax: Everyone owns property. And you may own a small amount of property, you may own a lot of...
Power of Attorney Types: When you talk about powers of attorney there are essentially two types of powers of...
Power of Attorney: There are several different types of power of attorney. I would say there's at least...
Who Needs a Will: Who should have a will? Everybody; whether you're single, if you're married, if you're...
Estate Planning Transfer: Estate planning is the orderly transfer of your property to those that you love and that...
Creating a Will: There are certain formalities that you have to follow when you actually execute a will. In New...
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