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Estate Administration
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06
Sep

Chancery Court Denies Widow’s Request to Compel Sale of Certain Estate Assets to Her

September 6, 2024
The decedent’s surviving spouse Deborah had previously filed a probate lawsuit under New Jersey Statute...
11
Jan

Daughter/Executrix Who Disputed Terms of Mother’s Will is Denied Commissions

January 11, 2016
Linda Hall was the executrix of her mother’s estate. Hall had initially had a 2005...
03
Sep

Appellate Division Rules Nursing Home Waived Right To Compel Arbitration In Defense Of Negligence Claim By Estate Of Former Resident

September 3, 2013
In an August 29, 2013 unpublished decision, the Appellate Division considered and affirmed the trial...
05
Aug

NY Trustee Ordered To Repay Special Needs Trust For Distributions Made For Goods And Services Obtainable From Public Benefits

August 5, 2013
Justice Laura L. Jacobson, a  New York trial judge, held that a trustee of a...
20
Jun

Comparing Probate And Non-Probate Assets

June 20, 2013
What is Probate? “Probate” is the name of the process which permits an Executor to...
06
Jun

Co-Executors Of New Jersey Estate Must Act In Concert; Unilateral Action By Co-Executor May Constitute Grounds For Removal

June 6, 2011
A New Jersey court has held that a co-executor’s “unbridled belief she could act unilaterally...
02
Jan

Top Ten (10) New Jersey Probate Litigation / Will Contest Cases in 2010

January 2, 2011
I compiled my selections for the top ten (10) New Jersey estate and probate litigation...

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