Sayreville Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar

 Sayreville Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar

Sayreville Public Library via zoom

May 24, 2021 at 6pm

Open to the public. You do not need to be a resident.

SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, (Author- ABA’s “Wills and Estate Administration book”)

To register go to:

http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=1717&EventID=431552&PK=

New Main Topics:

1.Handling Probate during Covid and while Government offices closed

2.Dangers If You Have No Will or documents invalid

3.Getting your Estate Planning Documents done when you can’t go into a law office

4.What goes into a Will

5.Power of Attorneys recommendations

6.Living Will & Advance Directive for Medical Care

7.Administering the Estate/Probate /Surrogate

8.NJ Estate Tax eliminated and Inheritance Tax reduced

9.Avoiding unnecessary expenses and saving your family money

      

WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND MAKE PLANNING

This event is free & open to the public.

For information 732.727.0212  

Sayreville Library "Aziza Haque (Sayreville)" ahaque@lmxac.org

1050 Washington Road   

Parlin NJ 08859

More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/905204620319177

Can’t attend?  We can email you materials. Send email to VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com

 

  Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups

SPEAKERS BUREAU

      At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates.  We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours.  If your organization in Central NJ would like to schedule a Will & Estates seminar, call Kenneth Vercammen’s Law Office at 732-572-0500 or email Vercammenlaw@njlaws.com

 

     10 years ago the AARP Network Attorneys of the Edison/Metuchen/Woodbridge area several years ago established a community Speakers Bureau to provide educational programs to AARP and senior clubs, Unions and Middlesex County companies. Now, Ken Vercammen, Esq. and volunteer attorneys of the Middlesex County Estate Planning Council have provided Legal Rights Seminars to hundreds of seniors, business owners and their employees, unions, clubs and non-profit groups

Details on free programs available

These quality daytime educational programs will educate and even entertain. Clubs and companies are invited to schedule a free seminar. The following Seminars are now available:

1. WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND

MAKE PLANNING EASY

2. POWER OF ATTORNEY to permit family to pay your bills if you are temporarily disabled and permit doctors to talk with family

    All instructors are licensed attorneys who have been in practice at least 25 years. All instructors are members of the American Bar Association, New Jersey

State Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. All programs include free written materials.

You don't have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a Will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of state law.

   Topics discussed include: Who needs a Will?; What if you die without a Will (intestacy)?; Mechanics of a Will; "Living Will"; Powers of Attorney; Selecting an executor, trustee, and guardian; Proper Will execution; Inheritance Taxes, Estate Taxes $14,000 annual gift tax exclusion,  Bequests to charity, Why you need a "Self-Proving" Will and Estate Administration/ Probate.

 

    Sample materials: Hand-outs on Wills, Living Wills/Medical Advance Directive, Power of Attorney, Probate and Administration of an Estate, Real Estate, Working with your Attorney, Consumers Guide to New Jersey Laws, and Senior Citizen Rights.

 

SPEAKERS BUREAU

At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates. We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours.

  In today's complex world, few people can function successfully and safely without competent legal advice. In order to insure your estate plans are legally set up, you need to know exactly where you stand so that you can avoid possibly catastrophic mistakes impacting both you and your family.

 

    About the speaker: Kenneth A. Vercammen is a trial attorney in Edison, NJ. We is the author of the American Bar Association’s book “Wills and Estate Administration”

He is co-chair of the ABA Probate & Estate Planning Law Committee of the American Bar Association Solo Small Firm Division.  He is a speaker for the NJ State Bar Association at the annual Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration program.

He was Editor of the ABA Estate Planning Probate Committee Newsletter. Mr. Vercammen has published over 150 legal articles in national and New Jersey publications on litigation, elder law, probate and trial topics. He is a highly regarded lecturer on litigation and probate law for the American Bar Association, NJ ICLE, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published in noted publications included New Jersey Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, and New Jersey Lawyer. He established the NJlaws website www.njlaws.com which includes many articles on Estate Planning, Probate and Wills. He is a member of the AARP and often lectures to groups on the importance of an up to date Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will.

 KENNETH  VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC

ATTORNEY AT LAW

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

(Phone) 732-572-0500

 (Fax) 732-572-0030

www.njlaws.com

 

 

NJSA 46:2B-8.2 Powers of attorney; durable powers of attorney; disability defined.

 NJSA 46:2B-8.2 Powers of attorney; durable powers of attorney; disability defined.

2.Powers of Attorney; Durable Powers of Attorney; Disability Defined.

a.A power of attorney is a written instrument by which an individual known as the principal authorizes another individual or individuals or a qualified bank within the meaning of P.L.1948, c.67, s.28 (C.17:9A-28) known as the attorney-in-fact to perform specified acts on behalf of the principal as the principal's agent.

b.A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney which contains the words "this power of attorney shall not be affected by subsequent disability or incapacity of the principal, or lapse of time," or " this power of attorney shall become effective upon the disability or incapacity of the principal," or similar words showing the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the principal's subsequent disability or incapacity, and unless it states a time of termination, notwithstanding the lapse of time since the execution of the instrument.

c.Unless otherwise defined in the instrument, a principal shall be under a disability if the principal is unable to manage his property and affairs effectively; and an attorney-in-fact shall be under a disability if the attorney-in-fact is unable to exercise the authority conferred by the power of attorney effectively.

L.2000,c.109,s.2.

New Jersey's CARE Act

 New Jersey's CARE Act

      In 2015, New Jersey’s CARE Act went into effect. The CARE Act helps support the 1.1 million family caregivers in the Garden State as their loved ones go into the hospital and transition home. The CARE Act requires hospitals to:

1. Identify a designated family caregiver when a patient is admitted.

2. Notify the caregiver when the patient is to be moved or discharged.

3. Provide the caregiver with adequate care instructions following the patient’s discharge from the hospital.

      For many, family caregiving is more than just household chores and rides to the doctor. Family caregivers are often asked to perform medical tasks such as medication changes and wound care – tasks that require adequate preparation and training. The CARE Act helps to ensure that family caregivers get the necessary training before their loved one is discharged home. Source From AARP:

 

 

The STATUTE:

 

CHAPTER 68

 

AN ACT concerning designated caregivers and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

C.26:2H-5.24  Findings, declarations relative to designated caregivers.

     1.    The Legislature finds and declares that:

     a.    According to the American Association of Retired Professional’s Public Policy Institute, at any given time, an estimated 1.75 million people in New Jersey provide varying degrees of unreimbursed care to adults with limitations in daily activities.  The total value of the unpaid care to individuals in need of long-term services and supports amounts to an estimated $13 billion per year.

     b.    Caregivers are often members of the individual’s immediate family, but friends and other community members also serve as caregivers.  Although most caregivers are asked to assist an individual with basic activities of daily living, such as mobility, eating, and dressing, many are expected to perform complex tasks on a daily basis, such as administering multiple medications, providing wound care, and operating medical equipment.

     c.    Despite the vast importance of caregivers in the individual’s day-to-day care, and despite the fact that 78 percent of caregivers report managing multiple medications, administering injections, and performing other health maintenance tasks, research has shown that many caregivers feel that they do not have the necessary skill set to perform the caregiving tasks they are asked to perform w