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11.12.2024
Appellate Division Retroactively Applies Foreign Adoption Statute to Adoption of Decedent’s Son, Finds That Adopted Son Is Rightful Intestate Heir Over Decedent’s Brother
In re Estate of R.S., No. A-3452-22 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 31, 2024) The defendant appealed an Order appointing the plaintiff as the administrator of the decedent’s estate. The Appellate Division reversed and remanded. The defendant was adopted by the decedent and his spouse from Russia shortly after he was born in 1993. The […]
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11.05.2024
Testator’s Children and Company Challenge Validity of Will Provision Directing Children to Keep the Testator’s Wife on the Company’s Payroll for the Remainder of Her Life
In re Estate of Kenneth C. Haugh, 2024 WL 4664488 (Pa. Super. Nov. 4, 2024) This matter came before the Superior Court on appeal from the Orphans’ Court granting declaratory judgment in favor of Deborah Haugh, wife of testator Kenneth Haugh, after she died in October 2022. The primary issues decided on appeal were whether […]
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10.29.2024
Sisters Deemed Out of Time in Bringing Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Sister-in-Law
Geswaldo v. Geswaldo, 2024 WL 4615590, No. A-3540-21 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 30, 2024) Christine and Rachel Geswaldo (the “sisters”) appealed a decision in favor of their sister-in-law, Joan Geswaldo, regarding a dispute over a family trust and real estate partnership. In 1991, Joseph, the siblings’ father, set up a trust to hold two […]
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10.21.2024
Documents Containing Sensitive Information Permitted to be Submitted Under Seal in Legal Malpractice Case Despite Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
Krivulka v. Lerner, No. 2:20-CV-09724, 2024 WL 4318735 (D.N.J. Sept. 27, 2024) This is one in a series of decisions stemming from a legal malpractice action for estate planning. The defendants/lawyers had acted as counsel for the decedent, Joseph Krivulka, and his wife, plaintiff Angela Krivulka, for estate planning and other purposes. The plaintiff alleged […]
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