New Jersey Appellate Division Draws a Line: A Will Cannot Force Heirs Into Arbitration Can a person use a will to force family members and beneficiaries to arbitrate estate disputes instead of going to court? In In re Estate of Samuel P. Hekemian, the New Jersey Appellate Division answered that question directly in a decision published on April 2...
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In a published decision issued on May 13, 2016, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed a Bergen County Chancery judge's summary judgment ruling declaring that a $900,000 transfer made by a father to his son's business constituted an investment, not a gift. In the Matter of the Estate of Byung-Tae-Oh, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Div...
In a 5 to 1 decision issued on April 26, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed a $397,000 legal fee awarded against the surviving spouse found to have committed undue influence with respect to her late husband's estate to the detriment of the children of his first marriage. In the Matter of the Estate of Adrien J. Folcher, Case No. 2014-074...
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