CNN)The Boy Scouts of America announced that it's lifting the ban on gay adults as Scout leaders.

CNN)The Boy Scouts of America announced  that it's lifting the ban on gay adults as Scout leaders.

"On Monday July 27 the national executive board ratified a resolution removing the national restriction on openly gay leaders and employees," Boy Scouts of America President Robert Gates said in a video statement . 

The move has been in the works for weeks. This month, the organization's executive committee adopted a resolution that would change the policy. 

"This resolution will allow chartered organizations to select adult leaders without regard to sexual orientation, continuing Scouting's longstanding policy of chartered organizations selecting their leaders," the Boy Scouts said in a statement July 13.

Boy Scouts move closer to ending ban on gay leaders

"This change allows Scouting's members and parents to select local units, chartered to organizations with similar beliefs, that best meet the needs of their families. This change would also respect the right of religious chartered organizations to continue to choose adult leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own," it read.

Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar Piscataway Library Kennedy Branch November 12 at 7pm

Wills & Power of Attorney Seminar

Piscataway Library Kennedy Branch

500 Hoes Lane Piscataway NJ 08854

November 12 at 7pm

SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, NJ

                (Author- Answers to Questions About Probate)

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

Main Topics:

1. The New Probate Law and preparation of Wills    

2. 2015 changes in Federal Estate and Gift Tax 

3. NJ Inheritance taxes on estates over $675,000

4. Power of Attorney               

5.  Living Will                                  

6.  Administering the Estate/ Probate/Surrogate    

7. Questions and Answer          

      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.

       Piscataway Library Kennedy Branch

732-463-1633

Can’t attend?  We can email you materials Send email to VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com

Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups

         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, 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. 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: