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04.28.2025
Appellate Division Affirms that Claims Relating to Estate Issues are Under the Jurisdiction of the Chancery Division
Brodsky v. Estate of Goodman, Docket No. A-0592-23, 2025 WL 1024243 (N.J. Super. App. Div. April 7, 2025) Plaintiff Eleanor Brodsky (“Eleanor”) appealed two Law Division orders which denied her motion for a change of venue, granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss her complaint without prejudice, and directed her to refile in the Chancery Division, […]
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04.07.2025
Appellate Division Affirms that the Slayer Statute Does Not Expand to Suicide as a Result of Marital Discord
In re Jason Y. Liaban, Docket No. A-1435-23, 2025 WL 747482 (N.J. Super. App. Div. March 10, 2025) Maria Y. Liaban (“Mother”), the mother of Jason Y. Liaban (“Decedent”), appealed an order that dismissed her complaint against Kriezl L. Liaban (“Decedent’s wife”) with prejudice. Decedent, a police sergeant, committed suicide on March 30, 2023, leaving […]
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04.03.2025
Bullying in the Legal Profession
Melissa Dibble will be presenting the program “Bullying in the Legal Profession,” at the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estates Law Annual RPTE National CLE Conference. To learn more click here. Date & Time: Thursday, May 1 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Location: Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas, NV
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04.03.2025
To Breach or not to Breach
Melissa Dibble will be presenting the program “To Breach or not to Breach,” at the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estates Law Annual RPTE National CLE Conference. To learn more click here. Date & Time: Thursday, May 1 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Location: Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas, NV
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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.