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10.10.2025
Ethics and Accounting Actions
Partner Andrew Cevasco will be presenting the session “Ethics and Accounting Actions” at the Bergen County Bar Association program, Mastering Elder Law: Advanced Strategies for the Modern Practitioner. Practitioners of elder law can learn the latest tips and tricks from industry experts. The full dynamic event combines elder law lectures with an interactive mock trial. Click here for further […]
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10.10.2025
Developing Trends in Probate Law & the Exercise of Judicial Discretion in the Surrogates’ Courts: Common Issues with No Common Answers
On October 8, Donald Craig, Melissa Dibble, Tony La Ratta, and Steven Mignogna presented “Developing Trends in Probate Law & the Exercise of Judicial Discretion in the Surrogates’ Courts: Common Issues with No Common Answers” to the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ). The presentation was divided into two main parts. The first part, […]
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10.08.2025
Appellate Division Reiterates the Standard for Standing to Contest the Validity of Wills
In re Estate of Carone, Docket Nos. A-0858-24, A-0860-24, 2025 WL 2731315 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Sept. 25, 2025) The plaintiffs were the decedents’ grandsons. The standing of the plaintiffs was the focus as to their challenge to the decedents’ wills. The decedents were married and had executed six reciprocal wills between 2007 and 2017. […]
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10.06.2025
Appellate Division Determines a Child’s Right to Support Outweighs a Beneficiary’s Right to Alter Distributions
In re Estate of Franklin, Docket No. A-4003-23, 2025 WL 2836025 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 7, 2025) The parties’ mother died intestate. She left three children who entered into litigation with each other. A neutral administrator of the estate was appointed. The litigation was settled by an agreement by two of the children – […]
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Tara Hagopian Zane
Tara is Co-Chair of Archer’s Private Wealth, Estates & Trusts Group, and a member of the firm’s Estate and Trust Litigation Group. She works with families and individuals in all areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and estate and trust litigation. Tara’s estate planning services include lifetime and end-of-life planning and related document preparation such as Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Advance Directives, as well as lifetime giving, business succession, and charitable planning matters. She also provides comprehensive and tailored administration services. She represents families with complex estate and trust administration issues, including those with complicated tax matters or related litigation. Tara also represents individuals and corporate fiduciaries who serve as Executor, Trustee, and Guardian.