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12.19.2016
Frozen Embryos File Suit Over Expected Inheritance In Louisiana
http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/12/07/legal-battle-over-sofia-vergaras-frozen-embryos-takes-a-very-unusual-turn/ A lawsuit has been filed in Louisiana against Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara naming two frozen embryos as plaintiffs. Vergara and her former fiancé, Nick Loeb have been involved in litigation for years regarding their frozen embryos. Vergara created the embryos with Loeb via in vitro fertilization, but they were never implanted.
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12.19.2016
Appellate Division Finds 45-Day Limitation To Appeal Not Triggered As Final Accounting And Distribution Remained To Be Submitted
In the Matter of the Estate of Jones, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2173 (App. Div. Oct. 3, 2016). Defendant Perry Jones, nephew of decedent Hermeles Jones and prior administrator and a beneficiary of decedent’s estate, appealed from the order of the probate court that approved the final accounting and distribution of assets submitted by […]
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12.08.2016
Executor’s Failure to Repay Note Before Making Distributions Constituted A Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Riedl v. Economaki, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2169 (App. Div. Sept. 30, 2016). Plaintiff, Christine Riedl, a daughter and executor of the Estate of Christopher C. Economaki, appealed from an order granting summary judgment to decedent’s other daughter, defendant Corinne Economaki. Decedent died testate and the dispute arose over the payment of estate, inheritance, […]
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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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