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*All Posts, Counsel Fees, Elder Law, Estate Planning Issues, Last Will & Testament, Will & Testament, litigation | Tags: need-new-link

If probate is refused, the court may make an allowance to be paid out of the estate of the decedent; if the probate is granted, and it shall appear that the contestant had reasonable cause for contesting the validity of the will or codicil, the court may make an allowance to the proponent and the contestant, to be paid out of the estate

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March 9, 2010 at 12:11 pm

*All Posts, Estate Planning Issues, Financial Planning, QDRO, child-support, equitable-distribution

Pension and social security benefits, as well as child support, should be immune from garnishment and levy

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February 25, 2010 at 7:35 pm

*All Posts, Last Will & Testament, Trusts, Will & Testament

A trustee will not be removed for every violation of duty; however, for acts done in bad faith, or that have diminished or endangered the trust fund without bad faith, it is the duty of the court to remove him

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February 23, 2010 at 12:26 pm

*All Posts, Elder Law, Estate Planning Issues, disability

Two blogs that may be of interest to the followers of my NJ Family Issues blog

February 17, 2010 at 10:32 am

*All Posts, Death, Estate Planning Issues, child-custody, divorce

Divorcing While Dying

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February 6, 2010 at 11:37 am

*All Posts, Elder Law, Estate Planning Issues, Last Will & Testament, Will & Testament, real-estate

It is important for taxpayers to investigate the decedent’s basis in inherited property; unless the beneficiaries can provide information about the decedent’s basis in the property, the law presumes that the basis of the inherited property is zero, resulting in substantial capital gains tax liability for beneficiaries who sell the inherited property

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January 27, 2010 at 5:32 pm

*All Posts, Estate Planning Issues, Will & Testament, divorce

Issues That Arise When Death Occurs During the Divorce Process

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January 18, 2010 at 7:17 pm

*All Posts, Estate Planning Issues, Last Will & Testament, Pets, Will & Testament

Your pet or pets and your Last Will and Testament

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January 18, 2010 at 1:18 pm

*All Posts, Elder Law, Estate Planning Issues, Gift/Transfer to Minor, Gifts, Taxes

For 2010, the Gift Tax Annual Exclusion will Remain at $13,000

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January 4, 2010 at 11:37 am

*All Posts, Death, Elder Law, Guardian, Last Will & Testament, Medical Self Determination, Power of Attorney Issues, Trusts, Will & Testament, disability

What compensation is a fiduciary (such as an Executor, Administrator, Trustee, Guardian, Agent under a Power of Attorney, OR Conservator) entitled to for services rendered?

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December 14, 2009 at 11:11 am