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Estate Planning: Things to Do Before You Die
As seen on Credit.com: Estate planning is the process of establishing a framework to manage your assets upon death, disability or incapacity. It involves creating documents that outline your wishes. While estate planning is not a pleasant task, it is critical that you implement it before you need it.
What is Family Law?
Family Law – Divorce, Child Custody, Alimony Support & More Family law is the body of law pertaining to familial relationships. It involves the creation of family relationships and dissolving them through a divorce as well as the termination of parental rights. These laws encompass adoption, child custody issues, and child
What is Energy Law?
Energy law is an area of law that focuses on the creation, enforcement, and discussion on laws that regulate the use of energy. This is vital as America becomes energy self-sufficient and certain parts of the country and states are making billions off of oil shale and so on.
Recent Trust Litigation Victory For SBEMP: Co-Trustee Removed For Violations of Fiduciary Duties
Trust Case Summary: As a result of the intervention of SBEMP, a recent court decision ordered a co-trustee in violation of fiduciary duties be removed from his position as Co-Trustee of the Trust. Case Background: BN’s brother died, leaving a trust naming her and his roommate (with whom he did
The Use of Special Needs Trusts in Estate Planning
Special Needs Trusts Most parents want to leave assets to their children when they die. If an individual with a significant cognitive disability receives assets, they may not have the capacity to make good decisions about how those assets are used and they may become ineligible for important federal and state
Handling Problems in Probate
Probate is the legal method by that the fiduciary (executor) of the estate ultimately settles all affairs of a deceased dearest. It is typically more sophisticated for the executor of an estate, who has a fiduciary obligation and who has been entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing an estate’s assets
3 Reasons You Need a Probate Attorney
The probate court process is how an estate handles the settlement of the distribution of property. The process can be hard to handle on your own. When you don’t have a probate attorney or expert, it can be completely impossible. The entire estate can get tied up in the courts.
Estate Case Update From The NJ State Bar Association
Case update from the NJ State Bar Association: 38-2-5185 In the Matter of the Estate of Mary Jane Lynch, N.J. Super. App. Div. (Suter, J.A.D.) (19 pp.) Decedent executed a will and declaration of trust wherein her personal property was to be equally distributed to her two children, appellant-daughter and appellee-son.
How Long Does Probate Take?
What is Probate? The term ‘probate’ means ‘proof.’ The term probate in the legal system is proof that the will is ironclad in a court of law. A separate court, called probate court, examines the will to determine how ironclad it is. Strong wills divide assets based on what the