Whitehouse Station Wills & Probate Lawyer, New Jersey

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Includes: Estate Administration, Living Wills, Wills

Mark H. Chazin

Government Agencies, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Contract
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  57 Years

Robert J. Shanahan

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Elder Law
Status:  Retired           Licensed:  39 Years

Anthony M. Vizzoni

Wills, Wills & Probate, Corporate, Business Organization
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  33 Years

Lori Kopf MacWilliam

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Business Organization
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  39 Years

James J. Costello

Wills, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Corporate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  35 Years

Georgia Fraser

Wills & Probate, Family Law, Divorce, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           

David Weiss

Wills & Probate, Arbitration, Commercial Real Estate, Litigation
Status:  In Good Standing           

Albert Arthur Davis

Wills, Trusts, Employment, Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  78 Years

Kevin Kilcommons

Business, Family Law, Trusts, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           

John Shamy

Real Estate, Government, Bankruptcy, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           

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LEGAL TERMS

FAMILY ALLOWANCE

A certain amount of a deceased person's money to which immediate family members are entitled at the beginning of the probate process. The allowance is meant to ... (more...)
A certain amount of a deceased person's money to which immediate family members are entitled at the beginning of the probate process. The allowance is meant to help support the surviving spouse and children during the time it takes to probate the estate. The amount is determined by state law and varies greatly from state to state.

ESTATE PLANNING

The art of continuing to prosper when you're alive, and passing your property to your loved ones with a minimum of fuss and expense after you die. Planning your... (more...)
The art of continuing to prosper when you're alive, and passing your property to your loved ones with a minimum of fuss and expense after you die. Planning your estate may involve making a will, living trust, healthcare directives, durable power of attorney for finances or other documents.

RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES

An exceedingly complex legal doctrine that limits the amount of time that property can be controlled after death by a person's instructions in a will. For examp... (more...)
An exceedingly complex legal doctrine that limits the amount of time that property can be controlled after death by a person's instructions in a will. For example, a person would not be allowed to leave property to her husband for his life, then to her children for their lives, then to her grandchildren. The gift would potentially go to the grandchildren at a point too remote in time.

DISTRIBUTEE

(1) Anyone who receives something. Usually, the term refers to someone who inherits a deceased person's property. If the deceased person dies without a will (ca... (more...)
(1) Anyone who receives something. Usually, the term refers to someone who inherits a deceased person's property. If the deceased person dies without a will (called intestate), state law determines what each distributee will receive. Also called a beneficiary.

DEATH TAXES

Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who... (more...)
Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who inherit property.

SWEARING MATCH

A case that turns on the word of one witness versus another. The outcome of a swearing match usually depends on whom the jury finds most trustworthy.

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.

POUR-OVER WILL

A will that 'pours over' property into a trust when the will maker dies. Property left through the will must go through probate before it goes into the trust.

BENEFICIARY

A person or organization legally entitled to receive benefits through a legal device, such as a will, trust or life insurance policy.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Probate of Will and Codicil of Macool

As correctly found by the trial court, the salient facts of this case are undisputed. Louise and Elmer Macool were married for forty years; this was, for both, their second marriage. Although they did not have biological children together, Louise raised Elmer's seven children from his prior ...

Higgins v. Thurber

... In reversing the grant of summary judgment to defendants, the panel specifically noted that although a potential claim sounding in legal malpractice may have been raised in a previous Bergen County probate proceeding in which defendant Mary Thurber intervened on the cusp ...

State v. McCabe

... restrictions. We are asked to decide whether a municipal court judge must recuse himself when the judge and the defense attorney are adversaries in an unrelated, pending probate case that has been dormant for two years. ...