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Estate Planning for Family Lawyers | Jun. 23

  • 1.  Estate Planning for Family Lawyers | Jun. 23

    Posted 8 hours ago

    Date: Jun 23, 2026 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

    Location: Online

    Member Price: $143.00

    Non-Member Price: $179.00

    Event Code: I116026

    Areas of Law: Estate Law, Family

    Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)

    Faculty

    Presenters

    Mark R. Friedman, Esq.
    Friedman Law, Bridgewater
    Marisa Lepore Hovanec, Esq.
    Hovanec & Divito, LLC, Westfield

    Many divorce cases involve the sale of the couple’s real estate. This program will be a crash course for family law attorneys about estate law and estate planning topics that can come up in family law cases involving divorce, prenuptial agreements, equitable distribution and child custody.

    Topics include:

    • How to update estate documents during and after divorce
    • Elective share / equitable distribution "black hole" and recent changes to law
    • Protecting assets through a pre-nuptial agreement vs. a trust
    • How inheritances and trusts are treated in divorce
    • Special needs divorce / divorces involving kids with disabilities
    • Medicaid asset protection divorces
    • Estate planning when there are kids from a prior marriage.

    CLE Credits
    NJ CLE: NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2.4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 2.4).
    NY CLE: NY Professional Practice Transitional: 2.0
    PA CLE: PA Substantive Credit: 2.0
    New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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    Justin Gumpel
    Membership Marketing &
    Engagement Specialist
    New Jersey State Bar Association
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