Category Archives: Living Trust

Estate Planning in a Google Search Story

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Victor Medina

Just like the famous Google Ad about find­ing love in Paris, we’ve cre­ated our own Estate Plan­ning Google Search Story. It’s all about why searches on estate plan­ning keep bring­ing up “www.JerseyEstatePlanning.com” as the top result and finally asks the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Living Trusts For The Non-Rich

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Victor Medina

The term “trust fund” con­jures up images of man­sions, yachts and huge for­tunes. But once the province of the very rich, trusts have found them­selves into the lives of many fam­i­lies who’ve never thought of them­selves as wealthy. Trusts come … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Michael Jackson’s Estate Plan — What He Did Right!

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Victor Medina

We’ve become all too used to folks in media twist­ing a story to suit a cer­tain pur­pose. When Michael Jackson’s will was revealed, the media was report­ing that he left every­thing to his Fam­ily Trust and then spec­u­lat­ing as to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Estate Planning & Your Second or Summer Home

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Victor Medina

One of the black let­ter laws in the world of pro­bate is that real prop­erty, that is land, homes, etc., must be pro­bated in the state where they are. That means that if you own a pri­mary home in New … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Living Trust vs. Will — A Silly Debate

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Victor Medina

Will? Liv­ing Trust? — Nei­ther! When peo­ple learn that I am an estate plan­ning attor­ney, I usu­ally get asked this ques­tion: “Should I have a will or a liv­ing trust?” Then, con­ver­sa­tion usu­ally turns to what the prospec­tive client heard … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Michael Crichton’s Will — A Change From The Normal

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Victor Medina

Finally — FINALLY — we get a report of a celebrity who has passed away with some proper estate plan­ning in place. Read this, and then come back. I apol­o­gize that the link is com­ing from TMZ (a bit exploitive), but … Con­tinue read­ing →

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