by kneelawfirm | Sep 21, 2018 | Estate Planning, Power of Attorney
What Is the Difference? Which Is Best for You? One of the critical components of an effective and comprehensive estate plan is a power of attorney. Your power of attorney is designed to go into effect during your lifetime, granting a designated person or entity the...
by kneelawfirm | Aug 16, 2018 | Digital Assets, Estate Planning
The digital revolution promises to radically change the way you plan for the orderly distribution of your assets upon your death. Do you have a PayPal account with a significant balance? You certainly don’t want to leave it open and accessible upon your death, as it’s...
by kneelawfirm | Aug 1, 2018 | Estate Planning, The 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. If you don’t meet those requirements and there are assets that must pass through probate, the estate will need to go through...
by kneelawfirm | May 25, 2018 | Digital Wills, Estate Planning
It seems that our world is rapidly becoming a digital one, with more and more services available online every day. From online banking to digital music lessons to web-based learning, it seems that the limits of the internet are being challenged all the time. That also...
by kneelawfirm | Apr 30, 2018 | Estate Law, Estate Planning, Tax Law
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. The...
by kneelawfirm | Jan 15, 2018 | Estate Planning
If you’ve agreed to act as personal representative or executor of the estate of a loved one, and that person has died, you may be uncertain how you initiate the process or what your duties are. Though you are not required to have an attorney handle the necessary...
