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06.18.2025
New Jersey Appellate Division Affirms Trial Court’s Decision to Deny Undue Influence Claim Brought by Disinherited Children
In Re Estate of Kapila, No. A-2757-23, 2025 WL 1430418, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. May 19, 2025) Vikrant and Gitanjali (“Gita”), (collectively “Plaintiffs”) appealed the trial court’s dismissal of their undue influence claim and denial of their request for counsel fees against the estate of their father, Rajendra Kapila (“Decedent”) and his second wife […]
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06.16.2025
ACTEC 2025 Summer Seminars
Melissa Osorio Dibble will be a speaker at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) 2025 Summer Seminar, taking place June 18-June 22 in Montreal, Canada. She will participate in Seminar 3: Unwrapping Controversy: Litigating the Law of Giving. This engaging presentation will cover various legal, evidentiary, and ethical considerations related to inter […]
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05.20.2025
New Jersey Chancery Division Applies Delaware Principal and Income Act in Denial of Summary Judgment Motion Classifying Income from Sale of Entity’s Assets Paid and Distributed to Marital Trust Beneficiary as a Liquidation Event
Harris v. Harris, Docket No. MON-C-41-22 (N.J. Super. Ch. Div. Apr. 21, 2025) The case involves plaintiffs Timothy J. Harris, Megan Harris Loewenberg, and Kristen C. Harris, who alleged that their mother, Mary Ellen Harris, and others interfered with their vested rights to assets from the estate of their late father, Dr. Robert H. Harris. […]
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05.19.2025
Initial Filing in Probate Court and Estate Timeline
Archer partner Tara Zane will be presenting the program “Initial Filing in Probate Court and Estate Timeline” at the National Business Institute’s seminar “New Jersey Probate Process from Start to Finish.” This seminar provides an all-inclusive guide to probate, as well as an update on the latest court procedures and tax laws. Tara will be […]
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Anthony R. La Ratta
Tony focuses on litigation involving probate matters, estates, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciaries. He has represented institutions and individuals in a variety of contexts, including banks, corporate fiduciaries, executors, trustees, beneficiaries of estates and trusts, incapacitated persons, surviving spouses, and intestate heirs. Tony has handled cases involving will contests, undue influence, diminished capacity, contested guardianships, writings intended as wills, breach of fiduciary duty, and accountings of estates and trusts. Tony is also admitted by the State of New Jersey to the roster of court-approved mediators for probate cases and has been appointed by the courts to assist in resolving such disputes through mediation.