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04.02.2020
Filing Delay Bars Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim
In re Estate of Hursa, A-4801-17T1, 2020 WL 914706, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Feb. 26, 2020). The plaintiff and her sister were the co-administrators of their mother’s estate. The sister had lived in the mother’s house from 2007 until her death in 2012. The plaintiff sued for breach of fiduciary duty, declaratory judgment, unjust […]
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04.02.2020
Co-Executors Suffer Consequences of Late Release Submission to Court
In re Estate of Hauke, A-5200-17T3, 2020 WL 1488675, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 25, 2020). Co-executors in accounting action were not permitted to rely on a release, because they did not raise the release until the end of the trial, and the release did not apply anyhow. In addition, co-executors were not entitled […]
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02.11.2020
Steven K. Mignogna Authors Estate and Trust Litigation Treatise
Archer partner Steven K. Mignogna has authored Estate and Trust Litigation 2020, the fully updated, comprehensive third edition of the authoritative text on New Jersey probate litigation. The book is now available from the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Surrogates and Probate Judges across New Jersey have relied regularly on the prior editions of this treatise. A […]
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02.07.2020
Estate and Trust Fiduciary Litigation: Minimizing and Defending Breach of Duty Claims
When: Thursday, February 27, 2020 | 1:00pm-2:30pm EST Where: Live Webinar Archer Faculty: Melissa Osorio Dibble, Esq. Overview: This CLE webinar will guide estate planning counsel on minimizing and defending breach of fiduciary duty claims when administering trusts and estates. The experienced panelists will discuss the most contentious breach of duty claims and effective defenses […]
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Frank Demmerly
Frank R. Demmerly, Jr. is a Stockholder in the law firm of Archer & Greiner, P.C. He provides estate planning, estate administration and estate and gift tax advice. Taking into account client’s personal and tax objective, he provides Wills, Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (“ILIT”S”), Power-of-Attorney, Healthcare Proxies, Living Wills, planning and implementation of simple and complex gifting programs (which may use GRAT’S, QPRT’S and other complex techniques), Charitable Remainder trusts, Charitable Foundations, and other estate planning services. He assists clients with the complexities of administration of estates including probate, the preparation and filing of estate tax returns and estate and trust funding and distributions .