New Jersey Wills and Probate Lawyer
The Law Offices of Nancy M. Rice
Ocean City and Haddonfield, New Jersey
Wills and probate is an area of law many people are first forced to deal with during the emotional and stressful period following the death of a loved one. If you need to see to the administration of a Pennsylvania or New Jersey Will, probate and estate administration attorneys at the Law Offices of Nancy M. Rice can help.
Every situation is different. We often assist family members living out of the area with issues involving New Jersey Wills and probate. Contact our Ocean City or Haddonfield law office to speak with a lawyer about the administration of a New Jersey estate or probate of a Will. If you would like to do some of the work yourself, an attorney will advise you of your responsibilities and handle any matters you would like assistance with, including estate tax filing, the administration of trusts, and sale of Pennsylvania or New Jersey real estate.
New Jersey estate probate: There is often confusion about the distinction between the administration of an estate and probate. Proving a Will, having the probate court accept a Will as valid and appoint an executor to administer the terms of the Will, and probate are the same legal process. After probate, estate administration begins, the often lengthy, confusing, and stressful process of administering the terms of the probated Will, including identifying property belonging to the estate, identifying Beneficiaries, sale of real estate, filing of numerous Estate Tax, Inheritance Tax, and Income Tax Forms, and a host of other filings and documentations. Our New Jersey estate probate firm helps clients with any or all of the process.
Proving Wills and the probate process are relatively simple in New Jersey. If the estate plan of the deceased includes a current legal Will, properly witnessed, and no one comes forward to contest the Will it can often be done informally, without an appearance in probate court. In other cases probate can be a stressful, sometimes combative, process. New Jersey does recognize Holographic Wills, and probate of these may involve testimony supporting the Will.
In addition to assisting clients with estate administration, Wills, and probate, attorneys at our firm help families with disabilities planning, an area including:
The Law Offices of Nancy M. Rice provides skilled and sensitive legal services to clients throughout southern New Jersey, including the communities of Haddonfield, Cherry Hill, Voorhees, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Mount Holly, Woodbury, Deptford, Washington Township, Hammonton, Glassboro, Cape May, Avalon, Ocean City, Linwood, Northfield, and Toms River and Camden County, Burlington County, Gloucester County, Salem County, Cumberland County, Cape May County, Atlantic County and Ocean County.
