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10.12.2017
Draft Text Message Accepted As Dead Man’s Will By Australian Court
New Jersey courts have adopted the doctrine of writings intended as wills, admitting to probate non-traditional Wills like DVDs and post-it notes. Throughout the country there is a movement away from strict compliance to will formalities. A recent decision out of Australia, illustrates this shift taking place throughout the world. The Supreme Court of Queensland […]
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09.28.2017
Anthony R. La Ratta, Esquire and Donald P. Craig, Esquire presented “Developing Trends in Probate Litigation and the Exercise of Judicial Discretion in the Surrogate’s Court”
On September 27, 2017, Anthony R. La Ratta, Esquire and Donald P. Craig, Esquire presented “developing trends in probate litigation and the exercise of judicial discretion in the Surrogate’s Court” at the annual forum for the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey, Surrogates Section.
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09.27.2017
Steven Mignogna a Featured Speaker at NJICLE Fiduciary Litigation Update Annual Forum
Steven K. Mignogna, a Partner in the firm’s Haddonfield office, served as a featured speaker at the “Fiduciary Litigation Update,” an annual forum of the New Jersey State Institute for Continuing Legal Education, on September 26, 2017, in Edison, New Jersey. Mr. Mignogna presented the latest trends in trust and estate law, especially from a […]
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09.20.2017
PA Supreme Court Finds It Unlawful To Modify A Trust To Add A Portability Provision
Trust Under Agreement of Edward Winslow Taylor, 2017 Pa. LEXIS 1692 (July 19, 2017), petition denied 2016 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS (Pa. CP. Oct. 2016), affirmed 2017 Pa. Super. 275 (Pa. Super. Ct., Aug. 23, 2017).
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