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Continental Plaza II, 411 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Shapiro Croland sits minutes from the Bergen County Surrogate and Superior Court in Hackensack and runs a dedicated probate litigation practice across northern and central New Jersey. It represents fiduciaries and estate beneficiaries in contested wills, fiduciary and guardianship disputes, and estate administration, and takes local-counsel roles for out-of-state lawyers.
Archer & Greiner's Private Wealth, Estates & Trusts group serves clients from its Voorhees office in Camden County and other Mid-Atlantic locations. The practice handles estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, will and trust disputes, business succession, and elder law. Several attorneys hold CPA credentials or master's degrees in taxation.
McCarter & English, headquartered in Newark, runs a Trusts, Estates & Private Clients practice serving individuals, business owners, and financial institutions. Its attorneys handle estate and personal tax planning, charitable giving, estate administration, and fiduciary litigation.
Founded in 1882, Riker Danzig is one of New Jersey's oldest firms, headquartered at Giralda Farms in Madison, Morris County. Its Tax and Trusts & Estates group pairs estate planning with a dedicated probate litigation team representing beneficiaries and fiduciaries in will contests, will and trust interpretation disputes, and guardianship proceedings.
Founded in 1933, Stark & Stark runs a Trusts & Estates group from its Hamilton office in Mercer County, near Trenton. The group handles probate, trust and estate administration, and litigation of contested estates and trusts, advising both fiduciaries and beneficiaries through every stage of administration.
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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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Probate on a $500,000 estate in New Jersey costs an estimated $35,885R. 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)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 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 under a reasonable-compensation standard.
Without a will in New Jersey, a surviving spouse takes the entire estateN.J.S.A. § 3B:5-3Verified Oct 21, 2026View source when every child of either spouse is a child of both, and descendants divide what passes to them per capita at each generationN.J.S.A. § 3B:5-4, § 3B:5-6Verified Oct 21, 2026View source.
In New Jersey, the 9 monthsN.J.S.A. 3B:22-4Verified Sep 8, 2026View source period after the date of death protects a representative who distributes after it; late claims can still reach undistributed assets.
Settling an estate in New Jersey: creditors have 9 monthsN.J.S.A. 3B:22-2, 3B:22-4, 3B:22-8, 3B:22-10, 3B:22-33Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.
New Jersey sets executor compensation by statute — about $20,500 on a $500,000 estate, roughly 4.1%N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14Verified Sep 8, 2026View source.
2 probate litigation firms have an office in Passaic County, New Jersey. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Passaic County office and its phone.
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Ansell Grimm & Aaron serves Monmouth County and the Jersey Shore from its Ocean office, handling New Jersey probate and estate matters through the Chancery Division. Its probate and estate litigation attorneys handle will contests involving capacity, undue influence, and fraud, trust disputes, and fiduciary actions against executors, trustees, and guardians, alongside estate administration.
The Law Offices of Weiss & Tom is a third-generation Passaic County practice in Wayne, filing through the Passaic County Surrogate's Court in Paterson. The firm handles probate and estate and trust administration for executors and trustees, guardianships and special medical guardian appointments, and probate litigation, alongside Medicaid and asset-preservation planning.
