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New Jersey never requires an attorney to open an uncontested estate. The County Surrogate admits the will over the counter for a $100 statutory fee.
New Jersey step-up in basis: your basis resets to date-of-death value under IRC Section 1014, and N.J.S.A. 54A:5-1(c) carries that basis onto your NJ return.
New Jersey surviving spouse rights: a one-third elective share of the augmented estate under N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1, a 6-month clock, and the $5,000 family exemption.
A New Jersey will contest runs on two clocks: a caveat with the County Surrogate before probate, or an R. 4:85-1 complaint within four months after.
New Jersey will requirements: age 18 and sound mind, a signed writing, two witnesses, plus handwritten wills, self-proved wills, and how a will is revoked.
Selling an inherited Massachusetts house: who signs the deed, the chapter 202 license to sell, the 10-year estate tax lien, and the deeds excise.
New Jersey heirs take title at death, but a 15-year inheritance tax lien follows the house. Here is who signs the deed and how Form L-9 clears the sale.
How to avoid probate in Maine: joint tenancy with survivorship, payable-on-death accounts, a recorded transfer on death deed, and a revocable living trust.
How to avoid probate in Maryland with a revocable living trust, tenancy by the entirety, joint survivorship, POD and TOD accounts, and the small estate track.
Maine ancillary probate clears a nonresident's Maine real estate under 18-C M.R.S. Article 4. See when it is required, who can serve, and how to avoid it.
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