Category Archives: YourLawyers4Life

Why Does Probate Take So Much Time?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Victor Medina

Imag­ine that you’ve recently lost a loved one and you’ve been named “execu­tor” of the estate. You might be sur­prised to learn that you can’t fin­ish the process in a month, or even two for that mat­ter. First, in New … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Probate, YourLawyers4Life | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Living Trust, YourLawyers4Life | Leave a comment

Probate and Living Trusts in NJ & Transferring Non-Financial Assets

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Victor Medina

Folks in the Prince­ton area are prob­a­bly famil­iar with the US 1 news­pa­per that is handed out free to area busi­nesses. It’s a good paper that offers a lot of insight­ful arti­cles on business-related issues and items of inter­est in … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Priceless Conversations, YourLawyers4Life | Leave a comment

Balloon Boy Fallout — Should Heenes Lose Custody of Children if Guilty of Hoax?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Victor Medina

Amber Watson-Tardiff, who posts a reg­u­lar col­umn on NJ.com about Par­ent­ing Advice for New Jer­sey par­ents asked me to com­ment for an arti­cle she was writ­ing about the fall­out from Bal­loon Boy, includ­ing antic­i­pat­ing court inter­ven­tion with the par­ents. You … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Family, Guardianship, Personal Family Lawyer, YourLawyers4Life | Leave a comment

Wall Street Journal Agrees With Me — Passing On Online Information Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Victor Medina

Recently, I posted about the need to pass on your “on line” infor­ma­tion as part of a com­pre­hen­sive estate plan. My arti­cle exam­ined the var­i­ous com­pa­nies that offered to guard that infor­ma­tion for you. It seems like the Wall Street … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Do-It-Yourself Legal Planning, Membership Program, YourLawyers4Life | Leave a comment

Michael Jackson & Estate Planning — The Time is Now.

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Victor Medina

It’s been less than 24 hours since Michael Jackson’s death, and already there have been arti­cles posted on the Inter­net about the singer’s estate plan. MSNBC posted this arti­cle, con­clud­ing that the singer’s estate would not be set­tled with­out con­tro­versy. … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Priceless Conversations, YourLawyers4Life | Leave a comment