Unintended Consequences – Part 2
In my post last week, I started to tell you about an interesting estate administration case involving an heir who had legally adopted the decedent a number of years before the decedent died. This was an adult adoption in which the adopted parent was only 10 years older than the adopted
Unintended Consequences (Part 1)
In this week’s post I’ll tell you about an interesting issue that came to our office involving an estate administration matter. The decedent left a portion of his estate to his friend. What I also learned is that the friend who was 10 or so years older than the decedent, legally adopted
The Executor who is Neither a Resident nor a Citizen (Part 2)
My post last week was about a call we received from someone named as executor in a sibling’s will. While the decedent was a New Jersey resident and U.S. citizen, the executor was not. As I explained last week, there is no New Jersey statute or rule requiring it, however, there are