1. April 22 Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar Piscataway Library online
2. Governor’s office state’s Non-retail businesses such as law offices may stay open.
3. While preparing for an upcoming seminar, I recorded several few shorts YouTube videos for the public
4. April 20 Supreme Court Order continues courts closed to public
1. Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar Piscataway Library April 22 at 7:00pm -Now online with Zoom.com
Open to the public. You do not need to be a town resident just a Laptop.
Register Here to receive Zoom login or call details.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVVftHa6czAY2O3ak8M3nLs4qbnbE7907M7NzKDlW9R2AMxA/viewform
SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, (Author- ABA’s “Wills and Estate Administration book”)
New Main Topics:
1. If You Have No Will
2. Getting your Estate Planning Documents done when you cant drive to law office
3. Was goes into a Will
4. NJ Estate Tax eliminated and Inheritance Tax reduced
5. Power of Attorneys recommendations
6. Living Will & Advance Directive for Medical Care
7. Administering the Estate/Probate /Surrogate
8. Avoiding unnecessary expenses and saving your family money
2. Governor’s office state’s Non-retail businesses such as law offices may stay open.
Simply put, people should not be outside of their home unless they absolutely need to be. For example, professional service firms -- such as law firms, accounting firms, etc. -- may continue to operate. If a business or nonprofit has employees that must be on site, it must reduce staff on site to the minimal number necessary to ensure critical operations can continue.”
We continue to prepare Wills, Power of Attorney and Living Wills/ Advance Directives. We also are filing Letters of Representation in Municipal Court and Traffic cases.
Businesses Allowed to Remain Open To The Public
Essential retail businesses which are allowed to remain open to the public, while following required mitigation requirements are:
- Grocery stores, farmer's markets and farms that sell directly to customers, and other food stores, including retailers that offer a varied assortment of foods comparable to what exists at a grocery store;
- Pharmacies and medical marijuana dispensaries;
- Medical supply stores;
- Gas stations;
- Convenience stores;
- Ancillary stores within healthcare facilities;
- Hardware and home improvement stores;
- Banks and other financial institutions;
- Laundromats and dry-cleaning services;
- Stores that principally sell supplies for children under five years;
- Pet stores;
- Liquor stores;
- Car dealerships, but only for auto maintenance and repair, to deliver online purchases directly to customers, or to arrange for curbside pickup;
- Printing and office supply shops;
- Mail and delivery stores;
- Bars and restaurants for drive-through, delivery, and takeout only;
- Mobile phone retail and repair shops (added 3/24/20);
- Bicycle shops, but only to provide service and repair (added 3/24/20);
- Livestock feed stores (added 3/24/20);
- Nurseries and garden centers (added 3/24/20);
- Farming equipment stores (added 3/24/20);
- Child care centers, but only if they certify by Friday, March 27 that they will only serve children of essential workers starting April 1 (added 3/25/20);
- Realtors, but only to show houses 1-on-1 (open houses are prohibited) (added 3/30/20);
- Firearms retailers, by appointment only and during limited hours (added 3/30/20);
- Microbreweries or brewpubs for home delivery only (added 3/30/20);
https://covid19.nj.gov/faqs/nj-information/general-public/what-businesses-are-closed-what-is-considered-essential
3. While preparing for an upcoming seminar, I recorded several few shorts YouTube videos for the public:
Preparation of Wills during Covid 19 quarantine and Law Offices closed
Preparation of Power of Attorney during Covid 19 Law Offices closed
COMBINED ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE and LIVING WILL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE IN NJ
Estate Planning during Covid
Get a Power of Attorney to avoid expensive guardianship if parents are incapacitated
Get your Estate Planning done despite Covid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odVl1d9r1w
Don’t Trust Online Computer Estate Planning Programs during Covid
Re- Evaluating Your Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will selections during Covid
Don't invalidate your original Will by handwritten changes
How you can do your Will, Power of Attorney, Living Will during Covid
Don’t wait another day Have your Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will done now!
Covid 19 Why it’s important to get your Power of Attorney, Last Will and Testament and Advance Directive
Interest in Estate Planning has picked up after the Covid 19 pandemic Why it’s important to get
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTOE1zvfMY
Helpful Estate Planning Advice For New Jersey Residents During Covid 19
Covid 19 and Essential Estate Planning Documents like a Will, Power of Attorney and Medical Directive
COVID 19 AND INCAPACITY: WHY A WILL, POWER OF ATTORNEY AND DIRECTIVE ARE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVwrizkQKvM&t=16s
Covid 19 and Will, Power of Attorney and documents to take care of your children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4glhLdODoQ
In New Jersey Legal documents you need most during COVID 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZJMfwwefSo
Are you prepared for a potential illness, incapacity or death? In New Jersey Legal documents needed
Coronavirus Estate Planning in NJ Now is the Time to have an attorney prepare a Will, Living Will
Everything you need to know about Estate Planning during Covid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NayDGtCotYQ&t=81s
4. April 20 Supreme Court Order continues courts closed to public
COVID-19- UPDATED GUIDANCE ON REMOTE PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIAL COURTS; OPTIONS FOR OBSERVING COURT EVENTS AND OBTAINING VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDS; COURT AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND THE COMMENCEMENT OF CERTAIN CUSTODIAL TERMS
The Supreme Court has issued updated comprehensive updated guidance regarding remote proceedings in the trial courts during the COVID-19 pandemic. A copy of the Court's April 20, 2020 Order is online at https://njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200420a.pdf?c=wa1
Most Proceedings to Continue Using Remote Options - Consent Required Only for Certain Matters
The Order reinforces that most court events that can be conducted using video or phone options will proceed, even over the objection of an attorney or party. However, the following court matters will proceed remotely only with the consent of all parties: (a) sentencing hearings in Criminal, Family, and Municipal matters; (b) juvenile delinquency adjudications; (c) evidentiary hearings and bench trials in Criminal matters; (d) evidentiary hearings and trials in Municipal matters that involve a reasonable likelihood of a jail sentence or loss or suspension of license; (e) termination of parental rights trials; and (f) hearings for an adjudication of incapacity and appointment of a permanent guardian. The Court's Order comports with current practice and supports the continuity of routine as well as emergent court functions during the COVID-19 crisis.
Livestreaming Technology Primarily Allocated for Criminal Matters
Over the past month, the New Jersey courts have leveraged technology to enable remote proceedings in all divisions of the trial courts as well as in the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Tax Court. Our utilization of technology to advance the work of the courts is considered to be a national model. Nevertheless, our resources are finite, and the Court has determined to prioritize livestreaming for most criminal matters and to permit livestreaming for court events in other divisions based on an individualized determination.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that during the pendency of the COVID-19 public health emergency:
1. All court proceedings, including but not limited to Central Judicial Processing (CJP) hearings and pretrial detention hearings, will continue to be conducted remotely using video and/or phone options to the greatest extent possible. ……
