IN RE ESTATE OF THOMPSON


136 N.J. Super. 412 (1975)

346 A.2d 442

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHESTER W. THOMPSON, DECEASED.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County Court, Probate Division.

September 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward F. Weiss for estate of Chester W. Thompson, deceased (Messrs. Weiss & De Luccia, attorneys).

Mr. Gerald W. Kolba, attorney for widow, Christine Palmetier Thompson.

Mr. Allan J. Kaplowitz, attorney for guardian ad litem C.W. (Messrs. Kiefer, Bollermann & Kaplowitz, attorneys).

Mr. Philip I. Kagan, attorney for guardian ad litem M.N. (Messrs. Fischer & Kagan, attorneys).

Mr. George D. Malhiot, attorney for S.W.


ALTERMAN, J.D.C., Temporarily Assigned.

Chester W. Thompson entered into four connubial relationships in his lifetime. The first was legally sanctioned. The second and fourth were merely ceremoniously performed. The third was entirely meretricious. These unions now give rise to various claims against the estate of Chester Thompson and generate a constitutional challenge to N.J.S.A. 3A:4-7.

The facts are not in dispute and are chronologically recited...

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