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12.15.2025
Appellate Court Remands Trial Decision Invalidating a Deed Due to Insufficient Trial Record With Regard to Statute of Limitations
In re Estate of Guirguess, Docket No. A-3607-23, 2025 WL 3562540 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Dec. 12, 2025) The decedent had three children. The decedent and one of his sons (a minor) were named as defendants in a personal injury suit in 1997. Shortly before that matter went to trial, the decedent transferred real property […]
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12.11.2025
Court Appoints Pro Bono Counsel for Pro Se Plaintiff in Elder Abuse Case, Finding it Within the Court’s Discretion To Do So
Daspin v. Daspin, Case No. 2:24-cv-11501, 2025 WL 3251442 (D.N.J. Nov. 21, 2025) The plaintiff was 86 years old, hearing impaired, and on several prescriptions. As a pro se party, he filed various pleadings alleging elder abuse by his nephew and the nephew’s girlfriend. The alleged abuse covered a number of areas, including financial exploitation […]
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12.08.2025
Pennsylvania Appeals Court Affirms Finding that Assets Held in a Trust Impacting Medicaid Eligibility Was Not an Unforeseen Circumstance Warranting Trust Termination
In the Matter of Peterson Family Irrevocable Trust, 333 A.3d 453 (Pa. Super. 2025) Don I. and Marjorie R. Peterson (Appellants”) sought to terminate the Peterson Family Irrevocable Trust (the “Trust”), a noncharitable irrevocable trust they had established. Their petition was contested by one of the Trust beneficiaries, their granddaughter. The Trust was created on […]
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12.01.2025
Appellate Court Affirms Invalidation of a Prior Will, Upholding the Trial Court’s Credibility Findings in Undue Influence Case
In re Estate of Martin, Deceased, Docket No. A-4113-23, 2025 WL 3063987 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Nov. 3, 2025). James G. Martin (“Senior”) died in February 2020. His 2019 will was contested by three of his six children — James H. Martin (Jimmy), Michael P. Martin (Mickey), and Ann P. Martin. The plaintiffs alleged that […]
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