ESTATE PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
by Thomas D. Begley, Jr., Esquire, CELA and Emily M. Schurr, Esquire This article provides a guide to estate planning in consideration of protecting individuals with disabilities and preservation of family assets. Proper estate planning must be executed to ensure continuing eligibility for public benefits, and overall planning to ensure the best quality of life…
Financing Long-Term Care in New Jersey – Begley Report
By: Thomas D. Begley, Jr., Esquire, CELA Statistics show that approximately 70% of the population age 65 or over will require some form of long-term care. Long-term care can be received at home, in an assisted living facility, or in a nursing home. A statistic widely quoted is that the average stay in a long-term…
CHARITABLE GIVING USING QUALIFIED CHARITBLE DISTRIBUTIONS
By: Marianne Johnston, Esquire What is a Qualified Charitable Distribution? A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) is a tax strategy that allows you to support charities dear to your heart directly from your individual retirement account (IRA). When you make withdrawals from a traditional IRA account, those distributions are usually taxed as ordinary income to the…
NOT SO BASIC ESTATE PLANNING
by Thomas D. Begley, Jr., Esquire, CELA Begley Law Group has a staff of 25 people, five of them are lawyers. We have offices in Cape May Court House and Moorestown, New Jersey. Our telephone numbers are (609) 368-3389 for Cape May Court House and (856) 235-8501 for Moorestown. There are a number of…