The recent Appellate Division case of Estate of Mary Van Riper v. Director, Division of Taxation, (Oct. 3, 2018, N.J. Sup. Ct. App. Div., Docket No. A-3024-16T4) illustrates the perils of hasty deathbed planning without consideration of potential inheritance tax issues. New Jersey is one of six states that imposes […]
Can a divorced parent, who is the parent of primary residence[1], remove his/her child from the State of New Jersey without a Court Order and over the objection of the other parent? The Trial Court decided no and its decision was affirmed by the New Jersey Appellate Division. In the […]
Recently, the Appellate Division decided the case State v. DeJesus (Docket No. A-2859-15T3, October 5, 2018). While this case has not been approved for publication, it provides a detailed discussion of identification/hearsay issues and the elements of prosecutorial misconduct and examples thereof. The defendant in this case was convicted of […]
What rights and obligations do spouses have to one another upon divorce after the parties have lived separate and apart, though still married, for a significant period of time before seeking a divorce? The New Jersey Appellate Division grappled with these questions in a recent unpublished opinion. In Karen M. […]
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