Mandelbaum Barrett, founded in 1930 and based in Roseland in Essex County, expanded through its January 2026 merger with Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara. Its trusts and estates attorneys handle estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law, and asset-protection matters for New Jersey families.
Roseland is in Essex County.
Probate in Essex County
Probate Court Record
Essex County Surrogate's Court
Essex County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
Website
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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How to file probate in Essex County →
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Forms for Planning Your Estate in New Jersey
Free forms for planning your estate in New Jersey: will, living trust, pour-over will, powers of attorney and TOD deed. Prepare each form for New Jersey.
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Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
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Pour-Over Will
In New Jersey, a pour-over will is signed before 2N.J.S.A. 3B:3-2Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
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Transfer on Death Deed
Transfer real property to a beneficiary upon your death without probate. Available in 34 states and the District of Columbia.
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Last Will and Testament
In New Jersey, a will is signed before 2N.J.S.A. 3B:3-2Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyN.J.S.A. 3B:3-2Verified Oct 19, 2026View source.
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Tools for Planning Your Estate in New Jersey
Free tools for planning your estate in New Jersey: will and trust costs, trust or TOD deed, and the signing rules. Run each tool for New Jersey.
Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?
In New Jersey, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 2.4%Modeled estimate under R. 4:42-9(a)(3) (counsel fee out of the estate); R. 4:42-9(b) (affidavit of services; RPC 1.5(a) factors; no statutory percentage); N.J.S.A. 3B:18-6 (attorney serving as fiduciary): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.9%Modeled estimate under R. 4:42-9(a)(3) (counsel fee out of the estate); R. 4:42-9(b) (affidavit of services; RPC 1.5(a) factors; no statutory percentage); N.J.S.A. 3B:18-6 (attorney serving as fiduciary): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
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How Much Does a Revocable Living Trust Cost?
An attorney-prepared revocable living trust in New Jersey runs $4,440Estimate: 10 hours at $444, Clio's New Jersey Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $6,660Estimate: 15 hours at $444, Clio's New Jersey Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for an individual, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
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Do I Need a TOD Deed?
New Jersey does not authorize transfer on death deeds; sole-name real property goes through probate, at least 6 months for a simple estate, unless held in a trust or with a right of survivorship.
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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?
New Jersey automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceN.J.S.A. 3B:3-14Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
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