Kenneth Vercammen is a Middlesex County Trial Attorney who has published 130 articles in national and New Jersey publications on Criminal Law, Probate, Estate and litigation topics.

He was awarded the NJ State State Bar Municipal Court Practitioner of the Year.

He lectures and handles criminal cases, Municipal Court, DWI, traffic and other litigation matters.

To schedule a confidential consultation, call us or New clients email us evenings and weekends via contact box www.njlaws.com.

Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C,

2053 Woodbridge Avenue,

Edison, NJ 08817,

(732) 572-0500

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Estate Planning FAQs-New articles, ABA newsletters and Community events

Estate Planning FAQs

I) Estate Planning Overview

  • What is Estate Planning?

  • II) An Introduction to Wills

  • What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
  • What a Will Does
  • What a Will Does Not Do
  • How to Execute a Will

    Types of Non-probate Property


  • III) Revocable Trusts

  • What is a Revocable Living Trust

  • IV) Power-of-Attorney

  • Power of Attorney
  • Who Should Be Your Agent
  • How the Agent Should Sign
  • Beyond Signing Checks
  • State Laws Vary

  • State Laws Vary
  • What if I Move?
  • Will My Power of Attorney Expire?

  • V) Living Wills, Health Care Proxies, and Advance Health Care Directives

  • Living Wills, Health Care Proxies, and Advance Health Care Directives
  • LivingWills
  • Health Care Proxy
  • Why Have Health Directives?
  • Obtaining_Living_Wills
  • Organ and Tissue Donation
  • Communication is the Key

  • VI) The Probate Process

  • What is Probate?
  • Should You Avoid Probate?

  • VII) Planning With Retirement Benefits

  • Planning With Retirement Benefits
  • Income Taxation of Qualified Plans and IRAs
  • Distribution of Plan Assets to the Participants
  • Distribution of Plan Assets After Participants Death
  • Estate Tax Considerations
  • Planning Considerations

  • VIII) Guidelines for Individual Executors and Trustees

  • Guidelines for Individual Executors and Trustees
  • Understanding the Will
  • Is Probate Necessary?
  • Managing Estate Assets
  • Handling Debts & Expenses
  • Funding the Bequests
  • Trust Administration
  • Closing the Estate
  • Common Questions

  • IX) The Lawyer's Role


    X) Tax Changes from 2001