Update to the Aid and Attendance Benefit for Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently published new rules that will dramatically alter VA benefit planning for seniors who were war time veterans. The new rules take effect on October 18, 2018.
How Special Needs Trusts Can Help Your Loved Ones
When you are planning for the distribution of your estate, it’s customary to allocate assets equally among your immediate family. But if one of those potential heirs has a disability and is eligible for governmental benefits, you need to take specific steps to protect those benefits.
Durable and Springing Powers of Attorney in New Jersey
One of the critical components of an effective and comprehensive estate plan is a power of attorney. There are a number of key questions with respect to a power of attorney. Read this blog to find the answers to some of those questions.
How to Protect Your Assets with a Living Trust
When you are planning for the distribution of your assets after you die, there are a number of tools available. Read this blog to find out ore about one of them which is living trusts.
Estate Planning and Digital Assets | The Knee Law Firm, LLC
The digital revolution promises to radically change the way you plan for the orderly distribution of your assets upon your death. Learn more about estate planning and digital assets by reading this blog.
Part Two – An Overview of the New Jersey Probate Process
In our first blog in this series, we identified the limited situations where survivors may use the simplified probate process in New Jersey. Click here to read part two of our series.
An Overview of the New Jersey Probate Process | The Knee Law Firm, LLC
When a loved one dies, one of the most challenging tasks can be settling the estate, ensuring that assets are legally transferred in accordance with the decedent’s wishes. That’s the function of the probate process.
Digital Estate Planning Some of the Concerns | The Knee Law Firm, LLC
It seems that our world is rapidly becoming a digital one, with more and more services available online every day.
How the Tax Reform Bill Changes Your Estate Planning
Though the tax reform bill passed in December, 2017 has been mostly heralded as a benefit for corporations, with a dramatic reduction in the corporate tax rate, it also made some significant changes in estate and gift tax law. Here’s an overview of those changes.
Getting Started With the Probate Process in New Jersey
If you’ve agreed to act as personal representative or executor of the estate of a loved one you may be uncertain how you initiate the process or what your duties are.