Metuchen Library Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar

  Metuchen Library

Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar

April 24 at 7:00pm Free community program

480 Middlesex Ave. Metuchen, NJ 08840

WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR

FAMILY AND MAKE PLANNING EASY

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

       The NJ Probate Law made a number of substantial changes in Probate and the administration of estates and trusts in New Jersey.

Main Topics:

  2017 changes to NJ Estate Tax & changes to taxes on pensions

2. 2017changes in Federal Estate and Gift Tax 

3. The New Probate Law and preparation of Wills   

4. Power of Attorney  

5.  Living Will        

6.  Administering the Estate/ Probate/Surrogate   

You do not have to be a Metuchen resident to attend but

       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.

   Free but registration requested

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Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups

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

10 years ago the AARP Network Attorneys of the Edison/Metuchen/Woodbridge area several years ago established a community Speakers Bureau to provide educational programs to AARP and senior clubs, Unions and Middlesex County companies. Now, Ken Vercammen, Esq. and volunteer attorneys of the Middlesex County Estate Planning Council have provided Legal Rights Seminars to hundreds of seniors, business owners and their employees, unions, clubs and non-profit groups

Details on free programs available

These quality daytime educational programs will educate and even entertain. Clubs and companies are invited to schedule a free seminar. The following Seminars are now available:

1. WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND

MAKE PLANNING EASY

2. POWER OF ATTORNEY to permit family to pay your bills if you are temporarily disabled and permit doctors to talk with family

       All instructors are licensed attorneys who have been in practice at least 25 years. All instructors are members of the American Bar Association, New Jersey

State Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. All programs include free written materials.

       You don't have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a Will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of state law.

      Topics discussed include: Who needs a Will?; What if you die without a Will (intestacy)?; Mechanics of a Will; "Living Will"; Powers of Attorney; Selecting an executor, trustee, and guardian; Proper Will execution; Inheritance Taxes, Estate Taxes $14,000 annual gift tax exclusion,  Bequests to charity, Why you need a "Self-Proving" Will and  Estate Administration/ Probate.

       Sample materials: Hand-outs on Wills, Living Wills/Medical Advance Directive, Power of Attorney, Probate and Administration of an Estate, Real Estate, Working with your Attorney, Consumers Guide to New Jersey Laws, and Senior Citizen Rights.

SPEAKERS BUREAU

        At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates. We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours.

In today's complex world, few people can function successfully and safely without competent legal advice. In order to insure your estate plans are legally set up, you need to know exactly where you stand so that you can avoid possibly catastrophic mistakes impacting both you and your family.

About the speaker: Kenneth A. Vercammen is a trial attorney in Edison, NJ. We is the author of the American Bar Association’s book “Wills and Estate Administration”

He is co-chair of the ABA Probate & Estate Planning Law Committee of the American Bar Association Solo Small Firm Division.  He is a speaker for the NJ State Bar Association at the annual Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration program.

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 litigation, elder law, probate and trial topics. He is a highly regarded lecturer on litigation and probate law for the American Bar Association, NJ ICLE, New Jersey 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.com which includes many articles on Estate Planning, Probate and Wills. He is a member of the AARP and often lectures to groups on the importance of an up to date Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will.

 KENNETH  VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC

ATTORNEY AT LAW

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

(Phone) 732-572-0500

 (Fax)    732-572-0030

www.njlaws.com

Victims of Crime Compensation VCCO penalties

Victims of Crime Compensation VCCO penalties

  If you plead guilty to a criminal offense, in addition to fines and court costs you must pay a minimum Victims of Crime Compensation Agency assessment of $50 ($100 minimum if you are convicted of a crime of violence) for each count to which you plead guilty.

If you plead guilty to DWI in addition to fines and court costs you must pay a VCCO fine of$50.00.

New Jersey Victim’s of Crime Compensation Office

Victims of crime in New Jersey may be able to get monetary assistance from the NJ Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO). The VCCO can pay for lost wages, medical expenses, counseling expenses, nursing care, child care, and funeral expenses to the degree that they are not covered by insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, Workers Compensation, or Charity Care. In other words, other sources of compensation must be used before VCCO can help. The kinds of crime that VCCO generally covers include assault, homicide, kidnapping, sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence and other violent crimes.

If you are a victim or claimant (person filing for a victim or dependents of the victim) you must show that:

•  Crime is eligible under the statute

•  You are a resident of the State of New Jersey or the crime occurred in this State

•  You have compensable financial losses as a result of the criminal act

•  The crime was reported to law enforcement within 9 months, and you submitted an application within 3 years from the date of the crime. Consideration will be taken if “good cause” exists for delayed filing.

•  You cooperated with police and prosecutor’s office. However, eligibility is not dependent upon conviction or prosecution of the offender.

•  Insurance and other payment sources such as restitution paid by the offender will not cover the bills submitted.

•  You did not contribute to your injuries, provoke the incident, and were not responsible for or participated in the crime that caused your injuries.

•  You do not have any outstanding VCCO assessments imposed for convictions.

Source http://prosecutor.morriscountynj.gov/victim-witness/vcco/

Full statute below

2C:43-3.1 Victim, witness, criminal disposition, and collection funds  
    2.  a.  (1)  In addition to any disposition made pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-2, any person convicted of a crime of violence, theft of an automobile pursuant to N.J.S.2C:20-2, eluding a law enforcement officer pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:29-2 or unlawful taking of a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection b., c. or d. of N.J.S.2C:20-10 shall be assessed at least $100.00, but not to exceed $10,000.00 for each such crime for which he was convicted which resulted in the injury or death of another person.  In imposing this assessment, the court shall consider factors such as the severity of the crime, the defendant's criminal record, defendant's ability to pay and the economic impact of the assessment on the defendant's dependents. 

   (2) (a)  In addition to any other disposition made pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-2 or any other statute imposing sentences for crimes, any person convicted of any disorderly persons offense, any petty disorderly persons offense, or any crime not resulting in the injury or death of any other person shall be assessed $50.00 for each such offense or crime for which he was convicted. 

   (b)  In addition to any other disposition made pursuant to the provisions of section 24 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-43) or any other statute indicating the dispositions that can be ordered for adjudications of delinquency, any juvenile adjudicated delinquent, according to the definition of "delinquency" established in section 4 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-23), shall be assessed at least $30.00 for each such adjudication, but not to exceed the amount which could be assessed pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (a) of subsection a. of this section if the offense was committed by an adult. 

   (c)  In addition to any other assessment imposed pursuant to the provisions of R.S.39:4-50, the provisions of section 12 of P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.20) relating to a violation of section 5 of P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.13), the provisions of section 19 of P.L.1954, c.236 (C.12:7-34.19) or the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1952, c.157 (C.12:7-46), any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle or vessel while under the influence of liquor or drugs shall be assessed $50.00. 

   (d)  In addition to any term or condition that may be included in an agreement for supervisory treatment pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-13 or imposed as a term or condition of conditional discharge pursuant to N.J.S.2C:36A-1, a participant in either program shall be required to pay an assessment of $50.00. 

   (3)  All assessments provided for in this section shall be collected as provided in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:46-4) and the court shall so order at the time of sentencing.  When a defendant who is sentenced to incarceration in a State correctional facility has not, at the time of sentencing, paid an assessment for the crime for which he is being sentenced or an assessment imposed for a previous crime, the court shall specifically order the Department of Corrections to collect the assessment during the period of incarceration and to deduct the assessment from any income the inmate receives as a result of labor performed at the institution or on any work release program or from any personal account established in the institution for the benefit of the inmate.  All moneys collected, whether in part or in full payment of any assessment imposed pursuant to this section, shall be forwarded monthly by the parties responsible for collection, together with a monthly accounting on forms prescribed by the Victims of Crime Compensation Board pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1991, c.329 (C.52:4B-8.1), to the Victims of Crime Compensation Board. 

   (4)  The Victims of Crime Compensation Board shall forward monthly all moneys received from assessments collected pursuant to this section to the State Treasury for deposit as follows: 

   (a)  Of moneys collected on assessments imposed pursuant to paragraph a. (1): 

   (i)  the first $72.00 collected for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account, 

   (ii) the next $3.00 collected for deposit in the Criminal Disposition and Revenue Collection Fund, 

   (iii) the next $25.00 collected for deposit in the Victim Witness Advocacy Fund, and 

   (iv) moneys collected in excess of $100.00 for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account; 

   (b)  Of moneys collected on assessments imposed pursuant to paragraph a. (2) (a), (c) or (d): 

   (i)  the first $39.00 collected for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account, 

   (ii) the next $3.00 collected for deposit in the Criminal Disposition and Revenue Collection Fund, and 

   (iii) the next $8.00 collected for deposit in the Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund; 

   (c)  Of moneys collected on assessments imposed pursuant to paragraph a. (2) (b): 

   (i)  the first $17.00 for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account, and 

   (ii) the next $3.00 collected for deposit in the Criminal Disposition and Revenue Collection Fund, and 

   (iii) the next $10.00 for deposit in the Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund, and 

   (iv) moneys collected in excess of $30.00 for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account. 

   (5)  The Victims of Crime Compensation Board shall provide the Attorney General with a monthly accounting of moneys received, deposited and identified as receivable, on forms prescribed pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1991, c.329 (C.52:4B-8.1). 

   (6) (a)  The Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving account that shall be administered by the Victims of Crime Compensation Board.  All moneys deposited in that Account shall be used in satisfying claims pursuant to the provisions of the "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-1 et seq.) and for related administrative costs. 

   (b)  The Criminal Disposition and Revenue Collection Fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving account that shall be administered by the Victims of Crime Compensation Board.  All moneys deposited in that Fund shall be used as provided in section 19 of P.L.1991, c.329 (C.52:4B-8.1). 

   (c)  The Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving fund and shall be administered by the Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Law and Public Safety and all moneys deposited in that Fund pursuant to this section shall be used for the benefit of victims and witnesses of crime as provided in section 20 of P.L.1991, c.329 (C.52:4B-43.1) and for related administrative costs. 

Arrested at Rutgers events?

Arrested at Rutgers events? Hire a real criminal defense attorney, Certified Municipal Court Law attorney

Arrested at Rutgers? Hire a real criminal defense attorney, Certified Municipal Court Law attorney, not someone who sends you solicitation letters in the mail. 

Kenneth Vercammen's Law Office represents individuals charged with criminal, drug offenses, and serious traffic violations throughout New Jersey. Kenneth Vercammen was the NJ State Bar Municipal Court Attorney of the Year and past president of the Middlesex County Municipal Prosecutor's Association. 

Try to Avoid Some of the Consequences of a Criminal Guilty Plea: 

1. You will have to appear in open court and tell the judge what you did that makes you guilty of the particular offense(s) 

2. If you plead guilty: 

a. You will have a criminal record 

b. You may go to Jail or Prison.

c. You will have to pay Fines and Court Costs. 

3. If you are on Probation, you will have to submit to random drug and urine testing. If you violate Probation, you often go to jail. 

4. In indictable matters, you will be required to provide a DNA sample, which could be used by law enforcement for the investigation of criminal activity, and pay for the cost of testing. 

5. You must pay restitution if the court finds there is a victim who has suffered a loss and if the court finds that you are able or will be able in the future to pay restitution. 

6. If you are a public office holder or employee, you can be required to forfeit your office or job by virtue of your plea of guilty. 

7. If you are not a United States citizen or national, you may be deported by virtue of your plea of guilty. 

8. You must wait 5-10 years to expunge a first offense. 2C: 52-3 

9. You could be put on Probation. 

10. You may be required to do Community Service. 

Don't give up! The Law Office of Kenneth Vercammen can provide experienced attorney representation for criminal and serious motor vehicle violations. 

1.      Telephone consultation with client;

2.      Office consultation with client;

3.      Offer sound legal advice to client, plus access to our legal info website www.njlaws.com

4.      Preparation of Letter of Representation to Municipal Court;

5.      Preparation of Letter of Representation to Municipal Court Prosecutor;

6.      Preparation of statement to provide legal services;

7.      Copies of all correspondence to Court and Prosecutor to client;

8.      Opening of file and client may have free client case folder, Municipal     Court brochure, MVC-DMV points brochure, and Website brochure;

9.      Review of necessary statutes and case law;

10.    Follow up with Municipal Prosecutor for discovery if suspension or jail is likely;

11.    Prepare defense and mitigating factors;

12.    Miscellaneous correspondence, preparation and drafting of pleadings and legal   documents in contested serious cases;

13.    Review documents supplied by client and court;

14.    Travel to Municipal Court

15.    Negotiations with the Prosecutor and Representation in Municipal Court.

16.    Preparation of End of Case Letter and client questionnaire.

17.    Free Brochures provided on other legal topics such as Worker's Comp, Wills, Personal Injury

18.    Free  monthly update e-mail newsletter. Provide your email address;

19.    Follow up telephone advice [If you call, provide the specific questions with the message].

20.    Invitation to annual client socials/ seminars and Community events via email.

21.    Hold and maintain file for seven years in storage as free client service.

When your job or driver's license is in jeopardy or you are facing thousands of dollars in fines, surcharges and car insurance increases, you need excellent legal representation. 

Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C. 

2053 Woodbridge Ave. 

Edison, NJ 08817 

732-572-0500 

Toll Free 1-800-NJLAWS7 (1-800-655-2977) 

Personal Injury and Criminal on Weekends 732-261-4005