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Barry S. Kantrowitz, Esq.Last Updated: May 13, 2026
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Estate Planning Lawyers Serving New York & New Jersey
It is never too soon to start planning your estate. Having a properly prepared estate plan is important for protecting yourself and your loved ones and can offer peace of mind, knowing that your affairs are in order. The skilled estate lawyers at Kantrowitz, Goldhamer, Graifman, Perlmutter & Carballo, P.C. can help with all aspects of estate planning.
Whether your estate is large or modest, a well-prepared estate plan is a gift to your family and loved ones. An unplanned or poorly planned estate can take a terrible toll on those for whom you have the most concern. That toll may involve unnecessary taxes or avoidable litigation.
Why Do I Need an Estate Plan?
Solid estate planning can help to avoid probate disputes sometimes caused by:
- Disinheritance of a child
- Unequal treatment of a member of a class
- Reliance on verbal agreements, such as promises not included in the will
- Marital separation without divorce
- Second marriage lacking a prenuptial agreement
- Unmarried couples
- Substantial gifts to charity or other non-family members.
We educate you on the building blocks of a strong estate plan, update you on the documentation process, and always remain available to honestly address your questions and concerns.
What Does a Solid Estate Plan Include?
The specific documents that will constitute your estate plan depend largely on your individual circumstances. KGG attorneys have been skillfully preparing estate plans tailored to fit each client’s needs for nearly four decades.
Dependable estate planning tools that can benefit your family’s future financial security include:
- Testamentary wills and codicils (amendments to wills)
- Durable powers of attorney
- Advance health care directives and living wills
- Revocable and irrevocable trusts
- Other types of trusts, including bypass, credit shelter, charitable, life insurance, special needs trusts, supplemental needs trusts, and AB trusts
- Family limited partnerships
- Guardianships and conservatorships
- Estate tax strategies
- Probate litigation avoidance
- Asset protection
Serving Bergen County and Rockland County Since 1975
We invite you to visit our conveniently located law offices in New York & New Jersey. You can count on us for large-firm, full-service, quality estate planning work that will help to ensure your family’s future.
Contact KGG for a candid, confidential consultation about your important estate planning goals. Call us at (866) 971-0927 or fill out our online contact form. If you need an evening appointment, we can make one available. Messages left with us after business hours are promptly returned.
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