Join Archer’s Labor & Employment Group for our Annual Labor & Employment Seminar. Stay up to date on the major state and federal laws impacting labor and employment practices. Presenting at the seminar are Archer attorneys Meghan Hitch, Doug Diaz
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Appellate Division Upholds Invalidation of Subsequent Will under Undue Influence, But Reverses Attorney Fee Award
In re Estate of Martin, Deceased, Docket No. A-4113-23, 2025 WL 3063987 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Nov. 3, 2025).
James G. Martin (“Senior”) died in February 2020. His 2019 will was contested by three of his six children — James
Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds Orphan’s Court Finding that Mistake of Law is Not an Unanticipated Circumstance to Warrant Termination of Trust
In the Matter of Peterson Family Irrevocable Trust, 333 A.3d 453 (Pa. Super. 2025)
Don I. and Marjorie R. Peterson (Appellants”) sought to terminate the Peterson Family Irrevocable Trust (the “Trust”), a noncharitable irrevocable trust they had established. Their petition
Estate Planning Workshop with Archer & Greiner, Volunteer Up, and Holman
On October 21, Tara Hagopian Zane, Timothy Horn, Morgan Rapp, Colin McHugh, and Tony La Ratta participated in an Estate Planning Workshop co-hosted by Archer & Greiner, Volunteer Up, and Holman in honor of Pro Bono Week. The event was
Ethics and Accounting Actions
Partner Andrew Cevasco will be presenting the session “Ethics and Accounting Actions” at the Bergen County Bar Association program, Mastering Elder Law: Advanced Strategies for the Modern Practitioner. Practitioners of elder law can learn the latest tips and tricks from industry experts.
Appellate Division Reiterates the Standard for Standing to Contest the Validity of Wills
In re Estate of Carone, Docket Nos. A-0858-24, A-0860-24, 2025 WL 2731315 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Sept. 25, 2025)
The plaintiffs were the decedents’ grandsons. The standing of the plaintiffs was the focus as to their challenge to the decedents’
Appellate Division Determines a Child’s Right to Support Outweighs a Beneficiary’s Right to Alter Distributions
In re Estate of Franklin, Docket No. A-4003-23, 2025 WL 2836025 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 7, 2025)
The parties’ mother died intestate. She left three children who entered into litigation with each other. A neutral administrator of the estate
State of the Camden County Probate Court
Archer partner Anthony La Ratta moderated the State of the Camden County Probate Court program. This annual event, presented by the Camden County Bar Association’s Probate & Trust Committee, featured Judge Sherri L. Schweitzer, Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer, and Deputy Surrogate
Introducing the Essential New Jersey Estate & Trust Litigation Guide – New Edition
About the Treatise:
Probate litigation has increased dramatically in the last decade. This trend is expected to continue, due in part to families having more money and assets at stake, and to the growing litigious nature of the population in
Melissa Osorio Dibble Reappointed to ABA Leadership Roles
Archer partner Melissa Osorio Dibble was recently reappointed as a member of the Leadership and Mentoring Committee and Co-Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law for the 2025-2026 bar year.