The IRS has recently announced many 2020 Tax Updates. The inflation adjustment announcement can be found in Revenue Procedure 2019-44. This includes increases to the federal estate and gift tax exemption limits and increases to the contribution limits to retirement plans. The 2020 Tax Update also increases the income threshold for a small business to […]
We are pleased to announce that Kevin A. Pollock has recently been added to the speaking panel for the 2019 Animal Law Symposium. Kevin will be speaking about estate planning for pet owners, including the creation of pet trusts. He will also be discussing relevant income tax laws and NJ Inheritance tax laws that pertain […]
The State of New Jersey quietly updated the law with respect to the appointment of a Funeral Representative. Under the old law in order to designate a Funeral Representative, the only way to do so was by inserting a provision in your Will. The problem with the old law was that you cannot probate a […]
New Jersey’s Aid in Dying law is officially allowed to go into effect. Last week I posted how a Mercer County judge temporarily halted the NJ Aid in Dying law from going into effect. However, yesterday, that ruling was overturned by a New Jersey Appellate Court, and shortly thereafter, the New Jersey Supreme Court denied […]
Breaking News On August 15, 2019, a State Superior Court Judge in Mercer County granted a request to halt NJ’s Aid in Dying Law from taking effect. The NJ Aid in Dying law is designed to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the assistance of a medical professional. Medically assisted suicide […]
When clients meet with an estate planning attorney, one of the biggest concerns that people have is that they do not want their children to receive too much money too early. Accordingly, they want to set up a trust for their children. This is true even if the children do not have special needs or […]
On June 21, 2019, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed to limit States’ ability to tax trust income. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion for the case, entitled North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust. In the Kaestner Trust case, Joseph Lee Rice III had set up a trust in New […]
According to the Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog, Florida has enacted a new law authorizing the use of Electronic Wills effective January 1, 2020. Florida is the fourth state to authorize the creation and storage of digital Wills. However, in my opinion, there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding the use of such […]
Creating an estate plan for clients who are in non-traditional relationships or are part of a blended family can be very tricky. Why is Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Couples So Tricky? Let’s assume a hypothetical fact situation where you have a women (Jane) with $4M in assets. She is a widow and has 2 children. […]