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On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Jun 2, 2013 | Inheritance And Estate Tax, Probate
New Jersey taxpayers expecting an inheritance may also receive something else less pleasant along with it - a hefty inheritance tax. A recent article by The Motley Fool discusses the inheritance tax some states charge to generate additional revenue for themselves....
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Apr 18, 2013 | Probate
Many people are terrified by the thought of making a will or going through a probate process for a will for which they are named executor. However, New Jersey probate does not have to be a difficult process, especially when the person making a will uses proper...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 15, 2013 | Probate, Wills
Out of state real property carries extra challenges in probate court when compared to other assets. Because such property cannot be transported across state lines, the state in which it resides has an interest in its administration, and a separate probate process is...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Feb 23, 2013 | Probate
It makes a good movie plot: the beneficiary of a wealthy relative devising a well thought out murder sure to never be solved. Yet this isn't just the stuff fiction is made of.In one recent case, a vacationing couple went scuba diving. Yet only the husband surfaced. He...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Dec 24, 2012 | Probate
An ongoing legal dispute over the estate of famous painter Thomas Kinkade has been settled, putting an end to months of legal challenges. Thomas Kinkade, known for his unique painting style involving generous use of light, died in April, leaving behind an unclear...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Nov 8, 2012 | Probate
Three months after his death on July 24, the body of actor Sherman Hemsley has still to be buried. Months of legal dispute over Hemsley's will have put the actor's estate in limbo. As we've written previously, a man by the name of Richard Thornton-Hemsley's former...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Oct 26, 2012 | Estate Planning, Probate
Because probate can be an expensive and time-consuming process, one of the goals of estate planning may be finding ways to keep one's estate out of the probate process. Probate, as our New Jersey readers may know, is a court supervised legal proceeding in which a will...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 21, 2012 | Probate, Wills
Probate disputes can get pretty personal, but they don't often involve disputes over what to do with the estate owner's body. That is the case presently with the estate of Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played the curmudgeonly George Jefferson on the television series...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 8, 2012 | Probate
In our last post, we began to look at an ongoing dispute between the children Frank Lumpkin Jr., who was by all accounts a die-hard Georgia athletics fan. We left off noting that disputes over season tickets are not all uncommon in probate. For die-hard fans like the...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 7, 2012 | Probate
The estate of prominent Columbus insurance man and banker Frank Lumpkin Jr. is reportedly going through a dispute at present. The issue? Who gets the family's much desired season football tickets. The feud is apparently between Lumpkin's son, Frank Lumpkin III and his...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Jun 2, 2013 | Inheritance And Estate Tax, Probate
New Jersey taxpayers expecting an inheritance may also receive something else less pleasant along with it - a hefty inheritance tax. A recent article by The Motley Fool discusses the inheritance tax some states charge to generate additional revenue for themselves....
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Apr 18, 2013 | Probate
Many people are terrified by the thought of making a will or going through a probate process for a will for which they are named executor. However, New Jersey probate does not have to be a difficult process, especially when the person making a will uses proper...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 15, 2013 | Probate, Wills
Out of state real property carries extra challenges in probate court when compared to other assets. Because such property cannot be transported across state lines, the state in which it resides has an interest in its administration, and a separate probate process is...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Feb 23, 2013 | Probate
It makes a good movie plot: the beneficiary of a wealthy relative devising a well thought out murder sure to never be solved. Yet this isn't just the stuff fiction is made of.In one recent case, a vacationing couple went scuba diving. Yet only the husband surfaced. He...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Dec 24, 2012 | Probate
An ongoing legal dispute over the estate of famous painter Thomas Kinkade has been settled, putting an end to months of legal challenges. Thomas Kinkade, known for his unique painting style involving generous use of light, died in April, leaving behind an unclear...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Nov 8, 2012 | Probate
Three months after his death on July 24, the body of actor Sherman Hemsley has still to be buried. Months of legal dispute over Hemsley's will have put the actor's estate in limbo. As we've written previously, a man by the name of Richard Thornton-Hemsley's former...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Oct 26, 2012 | Estate Planning, Probate
Because probate can be an expensive and time-consuming process, one of the goals of estate planning may be finding ways to keep one's estate out of the probate process. Probate, as our New Jersey readers may know, is a court supervised legal proceeding in which a will...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 21, 2012 | Probate, Wills
Probate disputes can get pretty personal, but they don't often involve disputes over what to do with the estate owner's body. That is the case presently with the estate of Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played the curmudgeonly George Jefferson on the television series...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 8, 2012 | Probate
In our last post, we began to look at an ongoing dispute between the children Frank Lumpkin Jr., who was by all accounts a die-hard Georgia athletics fan. We left off noting that disputes over season tickets are not all uncommon in probate. For die-hard fans like the...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 7, 2012 | Probate
The estate of prominent Columbus insurance man and banker Frank Lumpkin Jr. is reportedly going through a dispute at present. The issue? Who gets the family's much desired season football tickets. The feud is apparently between Lumpkin's son, Frank Lumpkin III and his...
