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