Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey

If by "divulge information regarding the estate" you mean financial information, provided you are a beneficiary, you can file a complaint in court compelling the executor to file a formal estate accounting which will include all financial transactions for the estate administration. Once the accounting is filed, you may raise any objections in court. I highly recommend that you hire an experienced estate attorney to help you with this. In many cases, your legal fees will be paid by the estate.

If you are a beneficiary under the Will, or a child of the deceased or an heir at law (I would need more info to tell whether you are or not) then you are entitled to a copy of the Will.

If you are inheriting anything under the Will, you can force the Executor to provide a list of everything that is in the deceased person's Estate, and you can force the Executor to provide a written explanation of what has been done with the Estate.

It gets pretty technical, and you have to follow the rules to get the Court to force the Executor to take action. Give me a call, make an appointment to come see me, and I will go over this with you, and give you some advice.

Robert Davies, Esq. 201-820-3460

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I agree with Jon and Bob, with one exception. If you are only entitled to a specific bequest, not a portion of the estate, all you are entitled to is to get what you are left, not a full estate accounting. If you are entitled to anything else, a suit to compel more informaqtion, and an accounting is necessary.