Kenneth Vercammen of Edison has been appointed Chair of the ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committeeof the ABA Solo Division for the 2018- 2019 by Division Chair Melanie Bragg.

Kenneth Vercammen of Edison has been appointed Chair of the ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committeeof the ABA Solo Division for the 2018- 2019 by Division Chair Melanie Bragg.

 Kenneth Vercammen is an attorney in Edison, NJ. He is the author of the ABA book “Wills and Estate Administration”

He is a speaker for the NJ State Bar Association at the annual Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration program.  He is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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 Wills, litigation, estates, probate law and trial topics. 

He is a highly regarded lecturer on litigation and probate law for the American Bar Association, NJ ICLE, NJ 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.comwhich includes many articles on Estate Planning, Probate and Wills.

Sayreville Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar

Press release

Sayreville Public Library

Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar 

November 13, 2018 at 6:30pm

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”)

Main Topics:

 1. NJ Estate Tax eliminated on Estates under $5,400,000 as of January 1, 2018 & Veterans Tax credit

2. 2018 changes in Federal Estate and Gift Tax  

   3. The new Digital Fiduciary Act & New law permits Executor to resign if all parties consent

4. Power of Attorneys       

5.  Living Will           

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.

        Sayreville Public Library 732-727-0212 ex. 25

Open to the public. You don’t have to be a Sayreville resident to attend.

Sayreville Public Library 1050 Washington Road Parlin NJ 08859

732.727.0212 ext.25

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

Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups 

        To schedule a free Legal Seminars, contact our Coordinator, Kenneth Vercammen's law office at (732) 572-0500, email VercammenLaw@njlaws.com  

Spotswood Library Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar October 18, 2018

Spotswood Library

Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar

October 18, 2018 at 2pm 

       WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND MAKE PLANNING EASY Free program open to the public, you do not need to be a Township resident to attend

     SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, NJ (Author- Wills and Estate Administration by the ABA)

          Main Topics:

 1. NJ Estate Tax eliminated for 2018 & NJ Veterans Tax exemption of up to $3,000

2. The 2018 changes in Federal Estate and Gift Tax  

3. The new Digital Fiduciary Act & New law permits Executor to resign if all parties consent

4. Power of Attorneys    

5.  Living Will          

6.  Administering the Estate/ Probate/Surrogate

7. Avoiding unnecessary expenses

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.

Spotswood Library

548 Main Street

Spotswood, NJ 08884

 (732) 251-1515

 clquillen@spotslibrary.org 

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ABA Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Committee Solo Small Firm Division and ABA Solo ElderLaw Committee GP Solo Small Firm Division From Kenneth Vercammen, Esq., Chair, Edison, NJ A reminder, the next ABA Law and Aging Networking call is October 15, 2018

For members of ABA Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Committee Solo Small Firm Division and ABA Solo ElderLaw Committee GP Solo Small Firm Division

  From Kenneth Vercammen, Esq., Chair, Edison, NJ

A reminder, the next ABA Law and Aging Networking call is October 15, 2018Monday at 2:00 PM Eastern.  

Quarterly ABA Law and Aging Networking Call

October 15, 2018

2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern time

Call in number:

866-646-6488

Conference code: 864 935 2408

The Goal of these calls is to provide a forum for ABA Entities to talk about programs, publications, or policy in age related issues:

    Topics for October:

National Aging and Law Conference

Senior Lawyers Division Programs and Publications

Transition from COLA-COLA-AGING-AND-LAW-NETWK@mail.americanbar.org<mailto:COLA-COLA-AGING-AND-LAW-NETWK@mail.americanbar.org> to ABA Connect Communities template

         Home page for Community

         Coming events

         New email address for networking  americanbar_colalawandagingnetworkingne@ConnectedCommunity.org<mailto:americanbar_colalawandagingnetworkingne@ConnectedCommunity.org>

         Launch date - TBD - Soon.

Some Names are starting to load into the new ABA Connected Community system, a couple of you have likely received two copies of this message.  The ABA will move to that system as soon as all of the email addresses sync.  

If you log onto your ABA member profile, and look at My Communities you will see it listed.  The notes from the July call are in the library (and attached.)

  These calls are open to ABA Members and Staff with an interest in developing programing, policy or publications on issues relating to aging and law.  Please share this message with colleagues who may want to participate and encourage people to email me to be added to the invitation list (david.godfrey@americanbar.org<mailto:david.godfrey@americanbar.org>.)

   Please send Dave any items you would like to add to the agenda (David.Godfrey@Americanbar.org)

David Godfrey

Senior Attorney

American Bar Association

Commission on Law and Aging

1050 Connecticut Ave NW #400

Washington, DC 20036

202-662-8694

David.Godfrey@Americanbar.org<mailto:David.Godfrey@Americanbar.org>

Prior call notes:

Quarterly ABA Law and Aging Networking Call

Call Summary 

July 9, 2018

2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern time

Our goal is to provide a forum for ABA Entities to talk about programs, publications, or policy in age related issues:

         ABA Policy Proposals in development for ABA Annual Meeting

         Upcoming training on age related topics or issues 

         Publications 

         Other planned programing on age related topics or issues 

Upcoming highlights:

2018 National Aging and Law Conference – agenda released, registration open www.ambar.org/NALC

·      National Aging and Law Conference 2018, October 25-26^th, Alexandria, VA 

         Detailed Agenda is online,

         Registration is open – 52 people have registered so far with a goal of 300. 

·      Separate skills based pre-conference on the 24^th– COLA fall commission meeting on October 24^th, at the host hotel. 

·      COLA quarterly webinar series is done for the fiscal year, I am always looking for issues and speakers. 

·      Policy resolutions:

·      The Commission’s is a joint resolution with SIL stating: 

RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association supports in principle the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons and encourages the United Nations, operating through its Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing or similar process, todraft a convention on the rights of older persons, considering the 

Organization of American States Convention as an instructive precedent.

Long history to get here, builds on existing ABA policy in urging moving forward with drafting.  SIL is co-sponsoring.  Family Law is supporting.  SLD – is likely to support.  

·      Status of the Commission on Law and Aging 

o  Proposal was to zero out, resulting in an 85% cut in general revenue. We do have an endowment that will hold us for at least a couple of years.  Seeking creative ideas on sustainability.  

• New smartphone app for storing one’s advance directives and related medical information, called Mind Your Loved Ones.  This is a new revamped version of the app we previously distributed that was called My Health Care Wishes.  The ABA’s name will be on the app and it will be sold on a subscription basis.  Bulk sales to law firms will be available to enable them to give free download codes to clients.  The regular price will be $3.99 for one-year subscription.
• Hartford Foundation funded project to develop an advance care planning tool for lawyers that better aligns the way lawyers and clinicians support advance care planning.  Will result in a set of principles, a lawyer’s checklist, and a compilation of resources.  Likely available in September.

SLD is seeking two additional seats in the House, due to size and number of new activities that SLD is undertaking.  1/3 of the paid membership of ABA is in SLD. 

SLD, Jack – draft report from Opioid summit, 30 pages, will be reported at the ABA Annual Meeting in August.  Follow up steps, series of policy proposals will be developed for mid year and following annual. 

Emily – Webinar on closing your law firm, this Wednesday. Annual meeting Pickering award Thursday.  

Kenneth Vercammen

ABA Estate Planning, Probate and Trust and Elder Law Joint Committee Meeting Thursday, October 25, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM.

round table discussion Free to attendees

        Frances Marion Hotel 2018 YLD & GPSolo Fall Conference: Tradition Meets Innovation

Presented with ABA Young Lawyers Division

Francis Marion Hotel

Charleston, SC

    Ideas to be discussed:

-BUILDING THE MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE PLANNING PRACTICE

 A Lawyer’s Guide toCreating a Winning Estate Planning Practice 

Ethically Building Your Practice using free and low-cost online methods

1.         Website specific http://www.njwillsprobatelaw.com

2.         Blog https://njprobate.blogspot.com  

3.         Facebook Law Office

4.         LinkedIn- post articles, events

5.         Google+ aka Google Plus

6.         Twitter

7.         YouTube

8.         Avvo Legal rating

9.         JD Supra

10.    Justia Lawyer Directory:

11.     Yelp for Business Owners

    Dear GPSolo Leaders:

The Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Committee and Elder Law Joint Committee Meeting during the 2018 YLD and GPSolo Joint Fall Conference in Charleston, SC has been scheduled for Thursday, October 25, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM. All committee meetings will be conducted on Thursday, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to enjoy programming on Friday and Saturday.  Due to limited time and space some committee meetings may have been scheduled for thirty minutes.  

https://www.facebook.com/events/242233059820155/

These calls are open to ABA staff and Members with an interest in developing programing, policy or publications on issues relating to aging and law.  Please share this message with colleagues who may want to participate and encourage people to email me to be added to the invitation list (david.godfrey@americanbar.org.)  

Call List Serve: COLA-AGING-AND-LAW-NETWK@mail.americanbar.org 

For ABA staff with access to Personify Committees, the Committee name is COLA-AGING-AND-LAW-NETWK and the list id is ZZ572696.  Please feel free to add and remove members and staff as assignments change. You can also email changes to David.Godfrey@Americanbar.org

Next Call – October 8^th, 2:00 PM Eastern time.

ESTATE OF MARY VAN RIPER VS. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION (TAX COURT OF NEW JERSEY) (A-3024-16T4)

ESTATE OF MARY VAN RIPER VS. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION (TAX COURT OF NEW JERSEY) (A-3024-16T4)

Where, as occurred here, decedent and her spouse transferred property to a trust, retained life interests in the property, and directed the trustee to transfer the property to a relative upon the death of decedent or her spouse, whichever is the last to occur, the Division of Taxation did not err by imposing an inheritance transfer tax on the full value of the property because decedent and her spouse held the property as tenants by the entirety, and the transfer was intended to take effect "at or after" decedent's death. N.J.S.A. 54:34-1(c).