WILLS, PROBATE AND ELDER LAW- Adult and Community Education

WILLS, PROBATE AND ELDER LAW- Adult and Community Education
WHEN: Monday, March 30, 2009 7 – 8:30P.M.
East Brunswick Adult & Community Education Program
East Brunswick HIGH SCHOOL, Cranbury Rd
WILLS, PROBATE AND ELDER LAW
Course # SBC ..............................................................Fee: $29
Mon. 7:00–8:30 pm ..........................................1 session: 3/30
You don’t have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid
provisions of the state law. Topics covered by author of “Answer to Questions about Probate” will include: wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, power of attorney, living will, state administration, inheritance taxes, plus the opportunity to ask questions.
Instructor: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. of Edison
(Co-Author- NJ Elder Law & Probate)
COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochures on Wills, “Probate and Administration of an Estate”, Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and Trusts.

You don’t have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of the state law. Topics covered by author of “Answer to questions about Probate” will include: Wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, power of attorney, living will, long term care insurance, reverse mortgage, plus the opportunity to ask questions.
Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will answer questions how to distribute your property and avoid many rigid provisions of state law. For more information on Elder law, visit the Website www.CentralJerseyElderLaw.com. You can also subscribe to the free email Elder Law newsletter by visiting the website, or sending an email to Kenv@njlaws.com.

Call the East Brunswick Adult Education Office for registration information 732- 613-6989

Estate can still make claims if spouse dies while divorce pending

Estate can still make claims if spouse dies while divorce pending
Kay v. Kay 01-28-09
Bernard Kanefsky, Executor of the Estate of George Kay
A-1594-07T3
George Kay died during the pendency of an action for
divorce, and the trial court denied his estate leave to
substitute for defendant and file amended pleadings. On appeal
the estate contends that the trial court erred by relying on
Krudzlo v. Krudzlo, 251 N.J. Super. 70, 73 (Ch. Div. 1990), in
which the court held that, unlike a surviving spouse, the estate
of a decedent spouse "is not entitled to assert equitable claims
against the marital estate sounding in constructive trust,
resulting trust, quasi-contract or unjust enrichment" in
accordance with Carr v. Carr, 120 N.J. 336 (1990).

The NJ Appellate Division concluded that the trial court should have accepted the
pleadings and considered whether the equities stemming from the
facts alleged call for relief from the strict legal effects of
defendant's death during the pendency of the divorce action. To
the extent that Krudzlo provides a contrary rule, the NJ Appellate Division disapproved