Only 1% of China’s 220 million seniors have an estate plan, which has led to a recent spike in inheritance disputes in China. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/02/chinese-dont-have-wills–now-its-a-big-problem.html

Chen-Teh Shu v. Wang, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143222 (D.N.J. Oct. 17, 2016). This matter is one of many related suits regarding the proper disposition of assets from the estate of a Taiwanese billionaire, Yung-Ching Wang (the “Decedent”), who died intestate.  Plaintiffs, Chen-Teh Shu, Dong-Zung Dai, and Robert Shi, are joint executors of the will […]

On December 8, 2016, Steve Mignogna, Anthony La Ratta, Donald Craig, and Melissa Osorio Dibble Presented at the 15th Annual Forum: Hot Trends In Estate Litigation for the Camden County Bar Association.

On December 13, 2016, Steve Mignogna, Anthony La Ratta, and Melissa Osorio Dibble Presented “What We’ve Learned So Far Under Uniform Trust Code.”

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.

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]

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