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Understanding the Differences Between Special Needs Trusts and Supplemental Needs Trusts

Posted March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Pollock FirmLeave a commentPosted in Estate Planning, First Party Special Needs Trust, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Self Settled Special Needs Trust, Special Needs Trust, Supplemental Needs Trusts, Third Party Special Needs Trust

“Special Needs Trusts” and “Supplemental Needs Trusts” are terms to describe trusts designed to provide benefits to a person in a way that will preserve the public benefits that he or she is entitled to receive. These types of trusts are most commonly created when a person has some sort of special needs or disability. […]

What Happens to My Facebook When I Die? : How to Choose a Facebook Legacy Contact

Posted February 19, 2018February 26, 2018 Pollock FirmLeave a commentPosted in Estate Administration, Estate Planning

It’s probably not surprising to learn that Facebook has become the most widely-used social media outlet in the world, boasting over 2 billion active users as of late 2017(1). The social networking giant is unique in that it caters not only to the younger Gen-X & Millennial demographics, but also to those born before: 79% […]

Terry Pratchett’s Executor Destroys Unpublished Work of Author

Posted August 30, 2017February 26, 2018 pollockatlawPosted in Administrator, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executor, intellectual property

As a fan of the works of Author Terry Pratchett, in particular Going Postal and Making Money, I got a chuckle out of this story in the New York Times. As some of you are aware, Terry Pratchett died in 2015. One of his last wishes was that all of his unpublished works be destroyed by […]