Second Baptist Church
Rahway Golden Rule Auxiliary
Wills, Estate
Planning & Probate Seminar
June 15 at 11:30
at Second Baptist
Church
378 E Milton Ave
Rahway, NJ 07065
Senior Citizen Awareness Seminar
WILLS & ESTATE
ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND MAKE PLANNING EASY
SPEAKER:
Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, NJ (Author- Wills and Estate Administration by
the ABA)
Main Topics:
1. 2017 changes to NJ Estate Tax & changes
to taxes on pensions
2. Updates in Federal Estate and Gift Tax
3. The New Probate Law and preparation of Wills
4. Why a new Power of Attorney is important
5. Living Wills
6. Administering the
Estate/ Probate/Surrogate
COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochures on Wills, "Answers to Questions about
Probate" and Administration of an Estate, Power of
Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and
Trusts.
Wilma Hoggard, Golden
Rule Auxiliary President
Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau
for Groups
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. For additional information on the Legal
Seminars, contact our Coordinator, Kenneth Vercammen's law office at (732)
572-0500, email VercammenLaw@njlaws.com
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
