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09.24.2021
Donald P. Craig, Anthony R. La Ratta, Steven K. Mignogna and Melissa O. Dibble presented “Developing Trends in Probate Litigation and The Exercise of Judicial Discretion in the Surrogates’ Courts as Applied to the Audit of Fiduciary Accounts Pursuant to R. 4:87″
On September 23, 2021, Donald P. Craig, Anthony R. La Ratta, Steven K. Mignogna and Melissa O. Dibble presented “Developing Trends in Probate Litigation and The Exercise of Judicial Discretion in the Surrogates’ Courts as Applied to the Audit of Fiduciary Accounts Pursuant to R. 4:87” at the annual forum for the Constitutional Officers Association […]
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09.22.2021
Court Orders Executor Responsible for Own Legal Fees in Estate Litigation
In re Estate of Tkachuk, A-3578-19, 2021 WL 2711116 (N.J. Super. App. Div. June 30, 2021). Karen Lesso Conover (“Conover”) was the executor and primary beneficiary of the estate of Margaret C. Tkachuk (“Estate”). The law firm she retained to assist her with the administration of the Estate made a tax allocation error that benefited […]
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09.22.2021
Court Awards Fees To Plaintiff In Will Contest Because He Had Reasonable Cause To File His Complaint
In re Estate of Grischuk, A-3890-18, 2021 WL 3160466 (N.J. Super. App. Div. July 27, 2021). This appeal encompassed a will contest and a dispute as to counsel fees. The decedent was survived by her sister, defendant Olga Sweeney (“Olga”), her nephew, plaintiff Michael David (“Michael”), and others. With the assistance of her long-time attorney, […]
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09.22.2021
NJUFL Shields Bank From Liability In Action to Set Aside Inter Vivos Gift
Estate of Sandor v. Lugowe, No. BER-C-54-21, 2021 WL 3162993 (N.J. Super. Ch. Div., Bergen Cty. July 12, 2021). The decedent died on January 20, 2018, and the court appointed an administrator pendente lite of the estate (the “Administrator”). The Administrator filed an action to set aside inter vivos gifts made by Decedent’s grand-nephew, Anthony […]
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Denis Lawler has spent his entire career trying cases. Most recently, those matters have involved: the defense in arbitration of a supplier who had terminated a long-term supply contract on the grounds of impossibility, resulting in a defense verdict and the award of $1,000,000 in attorneys’ fees under a fee-shifting provision in the contract involved