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10.06.2025
Appellate Division Determines a Child’s Right to Support Outweighs a Beneficiary’s Right to Alter Distributions
In re Estate of Franklin, Docket No. A-4003-23, 2025 WL 2836025 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 7, 2025) The parties’ mother died intestate. She left three children who entered into litigation with each other. A neutral administrator of the estate was appointed. The litigation was settled by an agreement by two of the children – […]
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10.01.2025
State of the Camden County Probate Court
Archer partner Anthony La Ratta moderated the State of the Camden County Probate Court program. This annual event, presented by the Camden County Bar Association’s Probate & Trust Committee, featured Judge Sherri L. Schweitzer, Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer, and Deputy Surrogate Adam Rosen, who provided invaluable insights into best practices within the probate system. […]
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09.22.2025
Introducing the Essential New Jersey Estate & Trust Litigation Guide – New Edition
About the Treatise: Probate litigation has increased dramatically in the last decade. This trend is expected to continue, due in part to families having more money and assets at stake, and to the growing litigious nature of the population in general. Why you need this book:In New Jersey, probate litigation is subject to a host […]
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09.19.2025
Melissa Osorio Dibble Reappointed to ABA Leadership Roles
Archer partner Melissa Osorio Dibble was recently reappointed as a member of the Leadership and Mentoring Committee and Co-Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law for the 2025-2026 bar year. A long-term active member of the Section, she has also served as Co-Chair of the […]
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Frank R. Demmerly, Jr.
Frank focuses in the area of estate planning, estate administration, and estate and gift tax advice. He provides Wills, Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (“ILIT”S”), Power-of-Attorney, Healthcare Proxies, Living Wills, planning and implementation of simple and complex gifting programs (which may use GRAT’S, QPRT’S and other complex techniques), Charitable Remainder trusts, Charitable Foundations, and other estate planning services. Frank assists clients with the complexities of administration of estates, including probate, the preparation and filing of estate tax returns and estate and trust funding and distributions.