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12.08.2016
Appellate Division Finds Claims Against Estates Under The UFTA Are Cognizable
Rubenstein v. Estate of Rubenstein, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2119 (App. Div. Sept. 21, 2016). Plaintiffs were the decedent’s former wife and his two children. They alleged that the decedent intentionally and wrongfully rendered his estate insolvent through inter vivos transfers to the individually named defendants and that those defendants cooperated with his plan. […]
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12.08.2016
Comparison of New Jersey and Pennsylvania: A Trustee’s Duty to Report and Inform
A trustee’s duty to inform and report as delineated in the Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act (20 Pa. C.S. §§7701- 7799.3) is substantially different from the New Jersey Uniform Trust Code (N.J.S.A. §3B:31-1-84). Most notably, the New Jersey Uniform Trust Code does not have the same requirements to notify beneficiaries of their interest in a trust.
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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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