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Entries Tagged as 'Estate Administration'

Co-Executors Of New Jersey Estate Must Act In Concert; Unilateral Action By Co-Executor May Constitute Grounds For Removal

June 6th, 2011 · No Comments

A New Jersey court has held that a co-executor’s “unbridled belief she could act unilaterally in administering the decedent’s estate without the need for consent from the co-executrix … [may] amount[] to a breach of the [co-executor’s] … fiduciary duty [and] … [constitute] cause for her removal.” In the Matter of the Estate of Albert [...]

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Tags: Estate Administration · Estate Litigation · New Cases · Removal of Fiduciary

Top Ten (10) New Jersey Probate Litigation / Will Contest Cases in 2010

January 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

I compiled my selections for the top ten (10) New Jersey estate and probate litigation / will contest cases in 2010. For those cases I previously blogged about, a link to the blog post as well as the case is included below. (1)    Matter of the Estate of Jewell B. Sykes, Docket No. A-1109-09T2 (App. [...]

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Tags: Estate Administration · Estate Litigation · Lack of Testamentary Capacity · Removal of Fiduciary · Top Ten · Undue Influence · Will Contests