Category Archives: YourLawyers4Life

Top 4 Approaches To Estate Planning

In my expe­ri­ence, peo­ple choose 1 of 4 approaches regard­ing their estate plan­ning. 1) Do Noth­ing. By far, this is the largest seg­ment of the pop­u­la­tion. I often speak to local mom’s groups (younger mar­ket) and ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions (older mar­ket). … Con­tinue read­ing

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Talking To Your Family About Your Estate Plan

Many clients fin­ish plan­ning their estate with me and then ask me what they should tell and to whom. As you might expect, the answer depends on where the client is in life and on the spe­cific life cir­cum­stances for … Con­tinue read­ing

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Hey — Check Me OUT! — I’m a Faculty Member at Solo Practice University

The Solo Prac­tice Uni­ver­sity just announced their newest mem­ber of the fac­ulty and it turns out.…it’s me! Yup, here’s the sub­stan­tive copy: Vic­tor Med­ina is the man­ag­ing part­ner of a small law firm run entirely on Mac com­put­ers and Apple prod­ucts. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Jersey Estate Planning Blog Featured in Regional Business Journal

I was recently fea­tured in an arti­cle about blog­ging and got the oppor­tu­nity to dis­cuss this blog. You can read the story here at the Prince­ton Busi­ness Jour­nal. Posted by Vic­tor J. Med­ina — Med­ina, Mar­tinez & Cas­troll, LLC

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Making a Will

If you’re think­ing about mak­ing a will, here are few things that you should think about before draft­ing the will (or hav­ing an attor­ney help you think about these things and draft the will for you): 1.  What assets will you … Con­tinue read­ing

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Living Trusts — A Primer

Many clients come into the office say­ing that they need “a liv­ing trust” — often with­out a good under­stand­ing of what they are and when there are used. Here is a brief primer on liv­ing trusts for the unini­ti­ated. 1) … Con­tinue read­ing

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