IMO the Estate of Adrian J. Folcher, Jr.
(A-3-14; 074590)
The Court declines to expand the exception to the American Rule created in In re Niles Trust, 176 N.J. 282 (2003), to a person who does not owe a fiduciary responsibility to an estate and its beneficiaries. In this case, because the confidential relationship endowed Bernice with an obligation to only her husband, and not the Estate, a fee award was not the proper vehicle to do equity.
