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09.17.2024
Attorney-Client Relationship Not Found Where Purported Client Signed Engagement Letter with “N/A”
Miranda v. Rinaldi, Docket No. A-3780-22, 2024 WL 4356344 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 1, 2024) This case tests the limits of the duties that attorneys owe to non-clients, in the context of legal malpractice. The decedent died in 2017. He left three children: plaintiff John; Victor; and Maria. The decedent’s will named Maria as […]
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09.10.2024
Commissions Disallowed Based on Lack of Trial Court Findings
In re Estate of Yorkowitz, Docket No. A-2835-22 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Sept. 4, 2024) The decedent died on May 28, 2019. In July 2019, the Middlesex County Surrogate admitted to probate the decedent’s will of August 2018 and issued letters testamentary to plaintiff Billy Perialis. The decedent’s will devised certain real estate to Perialis […]
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09.06.2024
The Stranger to the Adoption Doctrine: Adult Adoptee Excluded from Class Gifts Made by Adoptive Parent’s Parents Due to Lack of Specific Intent
In the Matter of 1979 Inter Vivos Tr. of Alfred & Mary Sanzari, Grantors, Dated June 1, 1979, No. A-3612-21, 2024 WL 3249366, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 1, 2024) This case involved a dispute over the inclusion of Carl Sanzari (“Carl”), an adopted adult, as the beneficiary of two inter vivos trusts created […]
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09.03.2024
12th Annual Estate Litigation Seminar
Join Archer’s Estate & Trust Litigation Group for our annual complimentary estate litigation seminar. Archer attorneys and guest speakers will present a review of new case law and other significant developments on trust, estate and fiduciary litigation from the region and around the country. Date & Time: September 25, 2024 (in-person) 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: […]
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