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04.02.2020
Estate Planning, Administration, and Probate Practice During a Pandemic
Whether an attorney is faced with a surrogate that lacks the ability to accept and file pleadings, a struggle to notarize necessary administration documents, or clients calling in a panic to update documents, attorneys are having to work fast to find solutions in the “new normal.” In some instances the Courts are mandating the procedures. […]
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04.02.2020
N.J. Supreme Court Settles Transfer Inheritance Tax Question
Estate of Van Riper v. Div. of Taxation, No. 082000, 2020 WL 558624 (N.J. Feb. 5, 2020). The Supreme Court affirmed the interpretation of New Jersey’s transfer inheritance tax statute that taxed the full value of a property transferred into an irrevocable trust, upon the death of the second spouse. Walter and Mary Van Riper […]
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04.02.2020
Filing Delay Bars Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim
In re Estate of Hursa, A-4801-17T1, 2020 WL 914706, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Feb. 26, 2020). The plaintiff and her sister were the co-administrators of their mother’s estate. The sister had lived in the mother’s house from 2007 until her death in 2012. The plaintiff sued for breach of fiduciary duty, declaratory judgment, unjust […]
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04.02.2020
Co-Executors Suffer Consequences of Late Release Submission to Court
In re Estate of Hauke, A-5200-17T3, 2020 WL 1488675, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 25, 2020). Co-executors in accounting action were not permitted to rely on a release, because they did not raise the release until the end of the trial, and the release did not apply anyhow. In addition, co-executors were not entitled […]
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Matthew M. Nicodemo
Matthew represents clients in a variety of civil and commercial matters. He has extensive experience in litigation involving will contests, disputes between fiduciaries and beneficiaries, guardianship matters, accountings, trust interpretation and reformation, and businesses. He regularly represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including Chancery matters involving injunctive relief.