When actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Cold Play front man Chris Martin announced they were “consciously uncoupling” after 10 years of marriage, most of the world raised a collective eyebrow. What? Conscious uncoupling? You mean divorce, right? If we are dealing
(a) An unfortunate but all-too-familiar scenario You represent a Seller who completed a disclosure statement about the condition of the property. In it the Seller states, for example, that the sump pump in the basement is “new”. You ask for
Few things are more layered and filled with potential complications than figuring out what to do with a business owned by the spouses during a divorce proceeding. According to research by a professor at North Dakota State University, 65 percent
If you have a Will, think about when that Will was drafted. Five years ago, ten, twenty? Chances are your life has changed since that Will was made. Maybe you’ve gotten married, had a baby, experienced a death in the
You may assume that if you have a Will, your estate will be distributed as you directed. Generally, that is the case. But if your Will disinherits a family member, or makes a bequest that other family members disagree with,
On September 25, 2013, the Appellate Division published Minkowitz v. Israeli, to address what happens when parties to a matrimonial action agree to binding arbitration, and whether the arbitrator, who initially assisted in mediating the parties’ disputes, may thereafter resume
If you give someone a “power of attorney”, what exactly does that mean? The answer will depend on many factors, most importantly the words of the document that created the power of attorney. A “power of attorney” is a document
Most wills contain a clause that directs the Executor to pay all taxes and debts of the decedent prior to making any distributions of the assets of the estate. But what if the taxes and debts of the estate are
I recently read a New York Times article that was critical of the estate plan of the recently deceased James Gandolfini. In particular, the article expressed surprise that Mr. Gandolfini had not used a common estate planning device called a
Many New Jersey residents own vacation homes in the Poconos. They get cool mountain air, peaceful lakes—and, unfortunately inheritance taxes when the NJ owner dies and leaves the family vacation home to the kids. Generally speaking, New Jersey residents do
When actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Cold Play front man Chris Martin announced they were “consciously uncoupling” after 10 years of marriage, most of the world raised a collective eyebrow. What? Conscious uncoupling? You mean divorce, right? If we are dealing
(a) An unfortunate but all-too-familiar scenario You represent a Seller who completed a disclosure statement about the condition of the property. In it the Seller states, for example, that the sump pump in the basement is “new”. You ask for
Few things are more layered and filled with potential complications than figuring out what to do with a business owned by the spouses during a divorce proceeding. According to research by a professor at North Dakota State University, 65 percent
If you have a Will, think about when that Will was drafted. Five years ago, ten, twenty? Chances are your life has changed since that Will was made. Maybe you’ve gotten married, had a baby, experienced a death in the
You may assume that if you have a Will, your estate will be distributed as you directed. Generally, that is the case. But if your Will disinherits a family member, or makes a bequest that other family members disagree with,
On September 25, 2013, the Appellate Division published Minkowitz v. Israeli, to address what happens when parties to a matrimonial action agree to binding arbitration, and whether the arbitrator, who initially assisted in mediating the parties’ disputes, may thereafter resume
If you give someone a “power of attorney”, what exactly does that mean? The answer will depend on many factors, most importantly the words of the document that created the power of attorney. A “power of attorney” is a document
Most wills contain a clause that directs the Executor to pay all taxes and debts of the decedent prior to making any distributions of the assets of the estate. But what if the taxes and debts of the estate are
I recently read a New York Times article that was critical of the estate plan of the recently deceased James Gandolfini. In particular, the article expressed surprise that Mr. Gandolfini had not used a common estate planning device called a
Many New Jersey residents own vacation homes in the Poconos. They get cool mountain air, peaceful lakes—and, unfortunately inheritance taxes when the NJ owner dies and leaves the family vacation home to the kids. Generally speaking, New Jersey residents do
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