In re Estate of Kremer, 2024 WL 4964639 (N.J. Super. Dec. 4, 2024)
This case deals with revocation of wills and related points.
Bonnie Levine executed a will in 1992. The will named Bonnie’s sisters, Pamela McGinnis and Patrice Berman,
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