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12.08.2016
Comparison of New Jersey and Pennsylvania: A Trustee’s Duty to Report and Inform
A trustee’s duty to inform and report as delineated in the Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act (20 Pa. C.S. §§7701- 7799.3) is substantially different from the New Jersey Uniform Trust Code (N.J.S.A. §3B:31-1-84). Most notably, the New Jersey Uniform Trust Code does not have the same requirements to notify beneficiaries of their interest in a trust.
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11.22.2016
The Town Where Everyone Talks About Death
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 […]
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11.21.2016
Justices Reverse Themselves on Estate Attorney Disbarment Ruling
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
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11.07.2016
Court Ordered $50,000 in Counsel Fees After 24 Day Bench Trial
Soskina v. Estate of Turyan, New Jersey Superior Court App. Div., Docket No. A-3116-14T3 (Oct. 3, 2016). Inna Soskina filed a complaint against the Estate of Alexander Turyan seeking palimony and other monetary relief. The complaint named the decedent’s brother, Edward, and decedent’s daughter, Anna as co-executors of the estate. After a twenty-four day bench […]
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Melissa Osorio Dibble
Melissa Osorio Dibble is an associate in the Litigation Department. She concentrates her practice in the area of Estate and Trust Litigation.