by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | Jun 3, 2018 | Estate Litigation
For New Jersey residents who spend their lives carefully accumulating wealth with the intention of passing down an inheritance to loved ones, few things are more distressing than the thought of their family members fighting over those assets. Yet without proper...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | Jun 3, 2018 | Elder Law
Setting up powers of attorney is part of a good estate plan. Knowing that one has one or more people assigned to handle health care and financial affairs in the event that one no longer can for him or herself due to age or infirmity can grant great peace of mind. When...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | Jun 3, 2018 | Estate Litigation
When you lose a loved one, the stress of closing out his or her estate can feel overwhelming. If no estate plan was put in place, you and any other surviving family members or friends of the deceased may find the probate process in New Jersey to be too much to handle....
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | May 31, 2018 | Estate Litigation
If a loved one passes away without a will or trust, it is all too common for family members to fight about what to do with assets. In New Jersey and elsewhere, one of the most significant assets people have when they die is their home. Changing the deed to a house is...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | May 26, 2018 | Firm News
It is paramount to create a will and form a thorough estate plan early on in life. One recent survey conducted by Caring.com found that approximately 40 percent of American adults have a will. One aspect even more shocking is that only 36 percent of parents of...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | May 23, 2018 | Estate Litigation
Losing a loved one is never easy. Getting through New Jersey’s probate and estate administration process just makes everything more difficult. Estate plans are made and changed, often many times over. When certain decisions or adjustments are made that do not make...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | May 22, 2018 | Estate Litigation
Your loved one died. You are doing the best you can to grieve and move on. This individual left you and your family a trust with assets that are supposed to be, over time, distributed according to the trust plan. A trustee is in charge of doing this, but due to...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | Apr 27, 2018 | Firm News
Your parents raised you, taught you right from wrong and shared with you their wisdom. This is why it can be so difficult for you and other New Jersey residents to see your parents age and lose some of their mental faculties. Whether your elderly parent is in the...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | Apr 17, 2018 | Elder Law
No one wants to think that they will suffer some major medical event that will result in their incapacitation. No one wants to think about how age or illness could cause serious physical decline down the road. These things happen, though, to most people. New Jersey...
by Torzewski & McInerney, LLC | Apr 11, 2018 | Estate Litigation
A few months ago, this column addressed the massive financial award granted in the Max Hopper estate case. This was the highest amount awarded in an estate litigation case for the year 2017 and the ninth highest estate litigation payout granted in United States...