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11.22.2016
The Town Where Everyone Talks About Death
In an interesting piece from two years ago, NPR’s Planet Money, covered a town in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where you’re unusual if you don’t have a plan for your death. Some 96 percent of people who die in La Crosse have an advance directive or similar documentation. Nationally, only about 30 percent of adults have […]
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11.21.2016
Justices Reverse Themselves on Estate Attorney Disbarment Ruling
In a case of first impression, the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a decision it made two years ago to disbar an attorney for knowingly misappropriating $100,000 from an elderly client. Read the entire New Jersey Law Journal article here: http://www.njlawjournal.com/home/id=1202772817493?slreturn=20161021124020
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11.07.2016
Court Ordered $50,000 in Counsel Fees After 24 Day Bench Trial
Soskina v. Estate of Turyan, New Jersey Superior Court App. Div., Docket No. A-3116-14T3 (Oct. 3, 2016). Inna Soskina filed a complaint against the Estate of Alexander Turyan seeking palimony and other monetary relief. The complaint named the decedent’s brother, Edward, and decedent’s daughter, Anna as co-executors of the estate. After a twenty-four day bench […]
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11.07.2016
Despite Mild Dementia, Appellate Division Found Decedent Fully Cognizant
In the Matter of the Estate of Nella Tornaben, New Jersey Superior Court, App. Div., Docket No. A-5181-14T4 (Sept. 27, 2016). On June 28, 2013, the surrogate of Essex County admitted the December 7, 2011, will of decedent Nella Tornaben to probate. The surrogate issued Letters of Testamentary to Nella’s nephew and her accountant who […]
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