I have been, for a while now, one of “those” New Jersey attorneys who likes to recommend Revocable Living Trusts (RLTs) for my clients perhaps more often than a majority of my fellow New Jersey colleagues. When I first started to practice in the area of trusts & estates, I spoke the same language as many of these attorneys when it came to recommending Wills over Revocable Living Trusts. They all said: “NJ is a probate friendly state; there is really no need to set up living trusts here. And those attorneys who are “churning” these trusts out like mills are only doing it to make a fast buck!” And […]
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