Transfer of Mortgage to Wife’s Name Upon Husband’s Death
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Estate Administration Attorney When a husband and wife own property as tenants by the entirety (but …
In a Will Contest Do the Witnesses to the Maker’s Signature Have to Read the Document First? (Part 3 of a 3 Part Series)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Probate & Estate Administration Attorney The court acknowledged the possibility that …
If You Die Without a Will, Who Gets Your Estate Under New Jersey Law?
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Probate and Estate Administration Law Firm of Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey When no will …
In a Will Contest Do the Witnesses to the Maker’s Signature Have to Initially Read the Document? (Part 2 of a 3 Part Series)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Probate & Estate Administration Attorney The Will was deemed properly authenticated …
Who Has Legal Priority to Be Appointed as Administrator of an Estate in New Jersey, a Same Sex Partner or a Biological Parent?
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Estate Probate Administration Attorney Our office received an interesting new case …
Demanding That A Person with Possession Produce A Will For Probate
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Estate Probate Attorney and Estate Probate Litigation Attorney A Court Has …
In a Will Contest Do the Witnesses to the Maker’s Signature Have to Read the Document First? (Part 1 of a 3 Part Series)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Probate & Estate Administration Attorney ISSUE ON APPEAL The issue before …
Hold on a Minute: Non-Probate Assets Can be Recaptured to Pay New Jersey Inheritance Death Taxes
By Fredrick P. Niemann, a New Jersey Estate Administration and Probate Attorney I recently received a question from a client concerning the liability to …
What to Do When a Duel Resident of New Jersey and Citizen of Greece Dies with Two Wills?
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Estate Administration and Probate Attorney Recently, we applied to the County Surrogate to …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part VII)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm In our last post about finalizing …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part VI)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm In our last post about finalizing …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part V)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm In our last post about finalizing …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part IV)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm In our last post about finalizing …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part III)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm In our last post about finalizing …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part II)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm In our last post about finalizing …
How to Finalize and Wind Up a Probate Estate in New Jersey (Part I)
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Probate Estate Administration Attorney and Law Firm By statute and case law, the …
What Happened to Mom’s Diamond Earrings
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Wills Attorney I have drafted many hundreds if not thousands of Last Wills …
Personal Liability of a Fiduciary on Contracts With Third Parties
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a New Jersey Estate Administration Attorney A fiduciary is not individually liable on a contract properly entered into in …
How Do You Claim Unclaimed Funds When the Decedent is a Non-US Citizen
By Fredrick P. Niemann of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Estate Administration and Probate Law Firm Here’s a case I recently came upon. A …
ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. an Estate Administration and Probate Lawyer Under New Jersey Law, upon death, a person’s estate property is first used …
NEW JERSEY LAW NOW HOLDS EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR DAMAGES
Punitive Damages Okayed in Probate Dispute Case: By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Probate Dispute Attorney Our New Jersey Supreme Court has …
Factors to consider when choosing the right Trustee for Your New Jersey Living Trust
Your revocable living trust is much more than just a document that says who gets what percentage of your estate or which specific items …
Can New Jersey Subject Estate Asset to Bulk Transfer Law?
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a New Jersey Estate Administration and Probate Attorney Here’s an interesting post I recently read: The executor of a …
Picking the Right Executor as Your Estate Fiduciary Under Your Last Will and Testament? Beware: A Wrong Decision Does Matter
When creating your last will and testament as part of estate planning, an important decision you will have to make is who to name …
Using IRA’s in your New Jersey Estate Planning
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a New Jersey Estate Planning Attorney An individual Retirement Account (IRA) is a well-known and utilized investment for retirement …
Estate Administration by the Use of the New Federal Tax Portability Option
By: Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a New Jersey Estate Planning Attorney This is the 3rd part of a three part series on credit shelter …
Estate Administration by the Use of the New Fed-Tax-Portability-Option
By: Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a New Jersey Estate Planning Attorney This is the 2nd part of a three part series on credit shelter …
Estate Administration by the Use of the New Federal Tax Portability Option
By: Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a New Jersey Estate Planning Attorney This is the first part of a three part series on credit shelter …
The Different Types of Estate Taxes Associated With Your Estate in New Jersey
Did you know that there are three different types of taxes associated with death and the passing on of an estate in New Jersey? …
Who is Entitled to Receive a Copy of Your Will Upon Death?
The question of who receives a copy of the will after a death is a common one. Despite what most people think, there is …