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- Planning for the Unexpected: Estate Planning Tips for Young Adults in New Jersey
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- Don’t forget to include digital assets in your estate plan
- What is substituted judgment in a guardianship?
- What should I know about a special needs trust in New Jersey?
- Executors and other fiduciaries have important legal duties
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- What will happen to your business in your divorce?
- What to do if you can’t pay your business income tax
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- Essential Steps for Starting a Business in New Jersey: Legal Considerations for Business Formation
- Navigating Fiduciary Responsibilities in New Jersey Estate Litigation
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- What is a noncompete agreement?
- Do I need an estate plan? (Part 2)
- Considerations on Liquidating a New Jersey Business
- When an inheritance disappears
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- How can people in New Jersey plan for end-of-life care?
- Four important clauses to include in an employee handbook
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- Notable intestate deaths show importance of estate planning
- Did your loved one have capacity when creating an estate plan?
- Does your physician employment contract benefit you?
- How a living trust can protect your business in a divorce
- Tom Petty’s daughters and widow embroiled in lawsuits
- Estate Planning Essentials: Why Wills and Trusts Matter in New Jersey
- What Must Be Proven When Claiming Undue Influence in NJ?
- Special Needs Trusts: Planning for a Disabled Family Member in NJ
- Protecting Your Inheritance: Legal Strategies for Challenging Estate Mismanagement in New Jersey
- Understanding Business Formations: Choosing the Right Structure for Your New Jersey Business
- When Is It Time to Update Your Will? Life Events That Demand Attention
- Navigating the New Jersey Probate Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
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- Take a step back this summer and set goals for your business
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- What is probate?
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- Your estate plan should change along with you
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- FAQs about Guardianship of the Person
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- Battle for control of Aretha Franklin’s estate continues
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- How to talk to your aging parents about estate planning
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- How do I divide the business in a divorce?
- How does probate work in New Jersey?
- Celebrity chef embroiled in breach of contract lawsuit
- Estate planning not just for the elderly
- Estate planning may need an update with the current health crisis
- When should I make an estate plan?
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- Dying without a will: Who gets what?
- Requirements for an advance health care directive
- Deciding which business structure is best for your business
- How to start the estate planning process
- Remarrying New Jersey couples need to consider estate planning
- Understanding New Jersey’s law on non-disclosure agreements
- Establishing a guardianship in New Jersey
- Avoid these three estate planning mistakes
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- 5 business succession planning myths you should avoid
- Consider these issues before becoming an executor
- Do you need an estate plan?
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- 3 critical mistakes to avoid when succession planning
- Important documents to include in an estate plan
- The roles and responsibilities of an executor
- What options are available when business owners divorce?
- The mechanics of a special needs trust in New Jersey
- There are common legal issues small businesses face
- How to select the right agent for incapacity
- Know the basics on non-compete agreements
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- Inheritance tax is getting more news lately
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- Should spouses have separate wills? And other will questions
- “Return-to-work” bonus aims to boost employment
- Beneficiaries may be able to alter who gets what
- Advance healthcare directives: there’s more than one choice
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- Estate plans should include digital assets
- The basics on New Jersey’s probate process
- Why having non-compete agreements is important for businesses
- Should an incentive trust be part of your estate plan?
- What happens if I die without a will?
- What estate planning steps should parents take?
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- Estate planning with children: More considerations
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- The advantages and disadvantages of an LLC in New Jersey
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- Understanding guardianship of the person and estate
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- Top Reasons to Consider a Living Trust for Your Family in NJ
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- Adding a guardian to your estate plan
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MEET ATTORNEY MICHAEL D. RITIGSTEIN
Michael Ritigstein is a Founding Partner of the firm concentrating his efforts in supporting the firm's litigation, corporate and estate matters. Mr. Ritigstein graduated from the University of Delaware in 1996 and Seton Hall University School of Law in 2000. In 2007 he received a Masters of Law in Taxation with a concentration in Estate Planning, from Temple University's Beasley School of Law.

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