Parent Did Not “Abandon” Child So As to Lose Right to Share of Son’s Intestate Estate

In re Estate of Michael D. Fisher, II, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2015).  Under N.J.S.A. 3B:5-4(b), when a person dies with no spouse or children, the person’s parents each share equally in the decedent’s intestate estate.  A parent loses the right to a share, however, if (among other things) the parent “abandoned the […]

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