PENNSYLVANIA • NEW JERSEY • NEW YORK • FLORIDA
Trust, Estate and Fiduciary Litigation

As part of our litigation practice, we represent both fiduciaries and beneficiaries in a wide array of litigation-related matters and regularly challenge and defend the validity, construction and interpretation of testamentary instruments before the Register of Wills, Surrogate Courts, Superior Courts and Orphans’ Courts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the States of New Jersey, New York and Florida. Our practice includes the following types of litigation, among others:

• + Will and trust contests

At times, it may be necessary to challenge or contest the validity of a will or trust as a result of many factors, including, but not limited to, undue influence, forgery, fraud and lack of testamentary capacity. We regularly represent clients in defending and challenging the validity of wills and trusts. We work with you to analyze your case and decide whether a will or trust challenge is right for you. We focus our litigation practice exclusively in the Orphans’, Superior and Surrogate Courts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Florida. Other lawyers may litigate, but are they dedicated trust and estate practitioners and are they well versed in the practice and procedures of the Orphans’ Superior and Surrogate Courts? If you have a potential litigation issue surrounding a will or trust, contact us for a no-cost consultation.

• Interpretation of wills, trusts and other testamentary writings

• Probate related matters, including the admission to probate of certain testamentary documents and writings and the appointment of the appropriate personal representative

• Guardianships and incapacitated person proceedings

• Actions concerning a fiduciary’s breach of fiduciary duty, including surcharge actions

• Fiduciary removal and replacement actions

• Compelling the production of formal accountings and completion of estates

• Litigation surrounding fiduciary accountings and objections to fiduciary accountings

• Litigation surrounding the issue of common law marriage and the rightful heirs to the estate

As knowledgeable trust and estates practitioners and litigators, we offer our clients the highest level of professionalism available

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