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If you are getting older, something you’ll want to include in your estate plan is your choice of a guardian or conservator in the case that you are unable to care for yourself or take care of your financial needs. Usually, you do this by setting up your power of...
Creating a special needs trust lets you feel certain that your loved one will have the support they need after you die. However, it can take tens of thousands of dollars to help someone live independently when they have special needs. Those without that much money in...
Medicaid is a needs-based program that will cover medical costs ranging from a cast on a child's broken leg to an older adult's nursing home expenses. If you don't have the resources to pay for your own medical care, you can ask Medicaid to cover your costs. New...
When you go through the trouble of creating an estate plan, you do so because you care about your legacy and the people in your life. You want to leave assets for your spouse and your children. Maybe you want to donate to a charity or scholarship fund that means...
Until 2018, New Jersey was an expensive state to die in. New Jersey had not only one, but two “death taxes.” That all changed in 2018 with the revisions of New Jersey’s tax laws. When a person dies in the Garden State, the estate tax is no longer collected, nor...
One of the hard parts about long-term care planning is that you may not know how long you’re actually going to need that care. You’re planning for an open-ended event. There are major differences in cost if you spend six months in a nursing home versus spending six...
You have been diligent about planning for your future and have drafted your last will and testament. You and your spouse have both completed medical and legal powers of attorney and also filled out advanced directives detailing the extent and type of end-of-life care...
When you have a disabled adult child, you want to handle your estate plans very carefully. Your child likely relies heavily on needs-based government programs like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid. You know that leaving your child money directly could...
How do you picture your retirement? Will you spend your days walking around the golf course with friends? Or do you see yourself tending to the garden and playing with smiling grandchildren? Human brains paint a rosier picture of the distant future than of the near...
Estate planning isn’t just about writing a will. Among other things, it’s also about conserving your assets and minimizing the taxes on your estate. Historically, trusts were something that only the ultra-wealthy bothered to create, but many people of relatively...
