Melissa Dibble presented a seminar concerning the importance of Wills at Samaritan Center at Voorhees on Tuesday, October 17 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. More than 50% of people don’t have a Will. When a New Jersey resident dies without a Will a set of state rules decides who is in charge of your estate, and […]

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.

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 […]

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).

Steven K. Mignogna, a Partner in the firm’s Haddonfield office, served as a featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic region of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), on September 16, 2017, in Long Branch, New Jersey. Mr. Mignogna served as moderator and a speaker for a seminar entitled, “Resolving […]

In K.A. v. J.L., 450 N.J. Super. 247 (Ch. Div. 2016), the New Jersey Superior Court held that service of process through the social media platform Facebook was permissible after service through certified mail was ineffective.  The adoptive parents instituted this action to enjoin the biological father from holding himself out as the father of […]

On September 13, 2017, Governor Chris Christie signed legislation recognizing a fiduciary heir’s right to obtain control of a decedent’s digital assets.  The “Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act” authorizes an executor, agent, guardian, or trustee, under certain circumstances, to manage electronic records of decedent, principal, incapacitated person, or trust creator.

Callas v. Callas, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127547 (D.N.J. Aug. 11, 2017). Plaintiff William Dean Callas (“William”) brought an action against his siblings, the executors of his mother’s estate, to settle a dispute over the value of their mother’s ownership in a real estate holding company in which he held a 60% interest. The Operating […]

In the Matter of the Estate of Anna Fabics, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1816, No. A-5576-14T2 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 19, 2017). This decision, rendered on July 19, 2017, deals primarily with the nature of distributions (cash versus in kind) from an estate.  The opinion also affirms an award of counsel fees […]

In re D.G., Alleged Incapacitated Person, 7 Fiduc. Rep. 3d 116 (O.C. Div. Berks Cnty. Aug. 9, 2016). Petitioner appealed the denial of his petition for adjudication of incapacity of his 91 year old mother and the denial of his appointment as the plenary guardian for his mother.  The Orphans’ Court held that there was no […]