{"id":2409,"date":"2016-10-12T15:28:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T19:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2019-12-24T13:07:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:07:52","slug":"pet-trusts-providing-pets-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/pet-trusts-providing-pets-death.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPet Trusts\u201d: Providing For Your Pets After Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s society, it\u2019s becoming increasingly common for our pets to be treated as part of the family\u2026but what happens to your pet or pets upon your death when you are no longer there to care for them? In the eyes of the law, animals are considered property\u2026so you can\u2019t leave money directly to your pet. On January 19, 2016, the legislature passed the New Jersey Uniform Trust Code (NJUTC), which became effective as of July 17, 2016. As part of the NJUTC revisions, modifications were made to the rules regarding the creation and use of \u201cPet Trusts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the new law:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a. A trust may be created to provide for the care of an animal alive during the settlor&#8217;s lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal or, if the trust was created to provide for the care of more than one animal alive during the settlor&#8217;s lifetime, upon the death of the last surviving animal.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/pet-trusts-providing-pets-death.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading \u201cPet Trusts\u201d: Providing For Your Pets After Death\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s society, it\u2019s becoming increasingly common for our pets to be treated as part of the family\u2026but what happens to your pet or pets upon your death when you are no longer there to care for them? In the eyes of the law, animals are considered property\u2026so you can\u2019t leave money directly to your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,89,343],"tags":[],"coauthors":[139],"class_list":["post-2409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-lindabury","category-wills-trusts-estates-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cPet Trusts\u201d: Providing For Your Pets After Death &#8212; October 12, 2016 &#8212; Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook &amp; Cooper, P.C. 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