Blog

Aid in Dying Law

Judge Temporarily Halts NJ Aid In Dying Law

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 ...
Read More
Trusts for children

Most Common Types of Trusts for Children

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 ...
Read More
Trust Income

Supreme Court Limits States’ Ability to Tax Trust Income

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 ...
Read More
Florida Electronic Will

Florida Electronic Wills Soon To Be Legal

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 ...
Read More
Joint Trusts

Joint Trusts – A Great Planning Opportunity for Non-Traditional Couples and Blended Families

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 ...
Read More
Estate planning and trusts

Estate Planning and Trusts – Should I put all my assets into a Trust?

I am happy to announce that we have completed our fourth video on Wills, Trusts & Estates.  In this clip, Kevin A. Pollock, Esq., LLM, the head of the estate planning ...
Read More
Create pet trust

You Can Create a Pet Trust – Just Like the One For Choupette

According to multiple news sources, when the creative director and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld died on February 19, 2019, he left his famous cat, Choupette, a significant amount of money in trust. Pet trusts ...
Read More
Why Florida Probate Can Be Difficult

Why Florida Probate Can Be Difficult

When deciding whether or not to do a Will package or a Revocable Trust package, many of my Boca Raton, Florida clients will ask why choose one over the other.  Among the many benefits ...
Read More
What to Think About Before Meeting With an Estate Planning Lawyer

What to Think About Before Meeting With an Estate Planning Lawyer

I am happy to announce that we have finally finished creating a series of short videos regarding the estate planning and estate administration process.  Here is our third video in ...
Read More
Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act

Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act

New Jersey may be getting a lot tax friendlier for small business owners.  I hesitate to even write this blog post, as I generally prefer to wait until legislation is ...
Read More
The Pollock Firm LLC Announcement

Elizabeth Ketterson named as Partner to The Pollock Firm LLC

We are Pleased to announceElizabeth C. Ketterson, Esq.has been named Partner to our firm and Director of the estate administration department.&Our firm name has changed from:Law Office of Kevin A ...
Read More
Social Security Strategy

Excellent Social Security Strategy Link

As part of the estate planning process, we frequently need to analyze how much a person is likely to have upon death. As part of an overall wealth analysis, this ...
Read More