Another Dead Body Goes to Court
As I have previously written, NJ law allows individuals to make their own funeral and/or burial arrangements in a will, or designate a personal …
As I have previously written, NJ law allows individuals to make their own funeral and/or burial arrangements in a will, or designate a personal …
Families often fall apart when a parent dies and the kids start dividing up the estate. Sometimes even after the estate is concluded, one …
Biological children are often disinherited by their deceased parent’s second spouse. The second spouse changes his/her Will and they leave it to their children/family …
NJ Estate and Probate laws allow for a copy of a Will to be probated under limited situations This article discusses how to probate …
Contesting a Will for Undue Influence is a very complicated endeavor. Our dream team of lawyers, Fred Niemann, Christopher Hanlon, and Christopher Balioni, along …
Contesting a will for Undue Influence is a very complicated endeavor. Our dream team of lawyers, Fred Niemann, Christopher Hanlon, and Christopher Balioni, along …
NJ has many foreign-born parents with minor children If a foreign-born parent dies can they appoint a guardian for their children from their home …
Many people create trusts for beneficiaries in their last will(s) There are circumstances when a trustee needs or wants to terminate the trust This …
If you have a living trust in place, why would a person need a will? The answer straightforward : You need a last will …
Here’s an unfortunate story. Mom is incapacitated. She can no longer serve as trustee of her living trust. As successor trustee, the job has …
Who is Responsible When a Trust Shows Poor Economic Performance? Poor performance from trusts, coupled with today’s financial and accounting scandals, have fueled investor …
Question A parent dies with a large estate and leaves behind a minor child(ren). The decedent was divorced when he/she died. How can the …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Guardianship Attorney So far, in my last two blog entries, I have discussed the fight over …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Guardianship Attorney In my last blog, I started talking about the case of In re Cohen, …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Freehold, NJ Guardianship and Estate Planning Attorney A client was referred to me …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Guardianship Attorney A judgment of incapacity has legal significance in our judicial system. The appointment of …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Trust Attorney You may be wondering what the procedure is for relinquishing duties …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Estate Planning Law Attorney The federal estate tax marital deduction is one of …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a NJ Elder Care Attorney Sick of New Jersey’s high taxes and anti-business politics in the …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a Freehold, NJ Asset Protection and Trust Attorney No one wants their life savings seized by …
If an adult in NJ is legally incompetent and does not have an existing Last Will, is there a process for having a Will …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann, a NJ Trust Attorney Here’s a common scenario. A will bequeaths $5K ($5,000) to an infant …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Trust Attorney A Revocable Trust can provide for the continuous investment and administration of your assets …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Trust Attorney First, let’s begin with a short and simple discussion of what is a trust …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a New Jersey Will Attorney Here’s a neat legal term that is seldom used. It is used in the …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a Special Needs Trust Attorney Recently, a United States Court of Appeals decided a case involving a “special needs …
Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a NJ Trust Attorney Your revocable living trust is much more than just a document that says who gets what …
When creating your last will and testament as part of estate planning, an important decision you will have to make is who to name …
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a NJ Trust Attorney When creating an estate plan under your will, an important decision you will have is …
Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., a NJ Wills Attorney Several years past, a husband died leaving a last will and testament with assets, one of …