Non-Probate Assets NJ: Payable on Death Account
When it comes to estate administration of individual decedents,
their assets are typically divided into probate assets, which
pass through the estate, and non-probate assets, which pass
outside of the estate.
Probate assets can include vehicles, real
estate, bank and brokerage account...
Creditor Priority in Probate Matters
This question often comes up during client meetings involving the
administration of estates venued in the Superior Court of New
Jersey, Chancery Division, Probate. In situations where an estate
has insufficient assets to cover all of the decedent's debts do
creditors of the estate get pai...
Appeals Court Says Litigant Can Challenge Plain Language of a Trust
In a published decision issued on March 28, 2018, the New Jersey
Appellate Division held that a trial court may look beyond the
plain language of a trust document that benefitted the settler's
"grandchildren" to determine whether she intended to benefit only
some of her grandchilren. In t...
How to Probate a Will in Bergen County
Need to probate a will in Bergen County?
The Bergen County Surrogate offers a step-by-step procedure
explaining how to probate a will in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Click here to download the publication.
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What is the Role of a Guardian of an Incapacitated Person Under New Jersey law?
In New Jersey the role of a guardian of an incapacitated person's
estate is largely statutory. In re Guardianship of
A.D.L., 208 N.J.
Super. 618, 623 (App. Div. 1986). N.J.S.A. 3B:12-36 to -64
prescribe a guardian's powers to manage an incapacitated person's
estate. See
In re Keri, 18...
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