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Sale of Real Property from an Estate

There are some special issues to consider when the seller of real estate is the estate of a decedent.
Real estate held by a decedent’s estate is subject to liens for the payment of any New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax, New Jersey Estate Tax, Federal Estate Tax and debts of the decedent.
The N.J. Transfer [...]

Anna Nicole Smith: A Model for Bad Estate Planning

Anna Nicole Smith rose to fame as amodel for Guess Jeans and Playboymagazine. Now, her death has givenher newfound fame as a great model forterrible estate planning.Forget the fact that you can’t visit asupermarket without seeing gossip abouther life and death. When push comes toshove, Anna Nicole, the human being,was a single mother who was [...]