Dear Ocean County,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.

Records requested:

Probated Will of Harry Cohen from Manchester, New Jersey who died March 5, 2011.

Yours faithfully,

Barry Cohen
[email address]

Dear Ocean County,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ocean County's handling of my OPRA request 'Probated Will'.
My father Harry Cohen's 'PROBATED WILL' was published on Ocean County public records. I have screen shots proving it was published in Ocean County public records and now is missing.

[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]

A full history of my OPRA request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://opramachine.com/request/probated...

Yours faithfully,

barry cohen

Dear Vasil , Betty,

I am still waiting for the date of my father Harry Cohen's probated will from Dana Kelly. I have not received her response.

Barry Cohen

To
DKelly [email address]

Dana: Can you give me the date of the 2 page will you are referring to?

Barry Cohen

Yours sincerely,

barry cohen

Dear Vasil , Betty,

The investigation involved that office. Greg Houk assured me in August 2017 that the subsequent Will would be filed of record as soon as he received documentation. He issued new Letters Testamentary but has not posted the subsequent Will. The original filed Will appears of record as an attachment to a Complaint, but the original Will that was filed in 2011 HAS BEEN REMOVED from the record. The NJ criminal statutes address tampering with public records but it looks like those statutes only applied when Mr. Coronado picked and chose what he decided warranted prosecution. It also means that reliance on the public records of Ocean County, and perhaps the entire state, is non-existent.

This was sent to them in September but there has yet to be a response. It should not take over a year for Mr. Houk to complete the process, nor should it take 3 months for this investigation to be completed. Please provide the results of this investigation and you should now also be investigating why no response has been received.

Yours sincerely,

barry cohen

CORRECTED SPELLING OF GREG HOCK'S NAME AND ADD SENTENCE ABOUT STATUS OF TRUST
Dear Vasil , Betty,
The investigation involved that office. Greg Hock assured me in August 2017 that a subsequent Will would be filed of record as soon as he received documentation. He issued new Letters Testamentary but has not posted the subsequent Will. The beneficiaries want to know the status of the Trust created by the original Will since the original filed Will appears of record as an attachment to a Complaint, but the original Will itself that was filed in 2011 HAS BEEN REMOVED from the record.
The NJ criminal statutes address tampering with public records but it looks like those statutes only applied when Mr. Coronado picked and chose what he decided warranted prosecution. It also means that reliance on the public records of Ocean County, and perhaps the entire state, is non-existent.
This was sent to them in September but there has yet to be a response. It should not take over a year for Mr. Hock to complete the process, nor should it take 3 months for this investigation to be completed. Please provide the results of this investigation and you should now also be investigating why no response has been received.

Yours sincerely,

barry cohen

Dear Vasil , Betty,

The Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Ethics Committee has determined "that there is no evidence of unethical conduct..." and has closed its file.

Apparently, public filings can appear and disappear from the official public records in New Jersey despite criminal statutes. I will not live in or do business in a state when the prosecutors selectively enforce criminal statutes and there is no standard for ethical behavior up to and including the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Yours sincerely,

barry cohen

Dear Ocean County,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.

Since the Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Ethics Committee has determined "that there is no evidence of unethical conduct..." and has closed its file.

Can you give me a the status of this internal review?

Yours sincerely,
barry cohen

Dear Ocean County,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Ocean County's handling of my OPRA request 'Probated Will'.

"I am writing to request an internal review of Ocean County's handling of my OPRA request 'Probated Will'.
My father Harry Cohen's 'PROBATED WILL' was published on Ocean County public records. I have screen shots proving it was published in Ocean County public records and now is missing."

[My status went from being internally reviewed for months to now a successful status. I would not consider deflecting what you should be handling to be successful. I have proven in writing that the official public records have been altered and yet nobody seems to care.]

A full history of my OPRA request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://opramachine.com/request/probated...

Yours faithfully,

barry cohen

Dear Toye , Kevin and Scott:

My father Harry Cohen's 'PROBATED WILL' was published on Ocean County public records and has been removed.I have screen shots proving it was published in Ocean County public records."

Kevin mentioned you are not the custodian of probated wills. The Surrogates Office claimed for 1 1/2 years they were waiting for some paperwork. They have not posted the replacement will and has blocked or refuses to take phone calls.

Can someone at OC public records explain to one a beneficiaries under the original will why the Surrogate Court refuses to post what I have been told is the operative document. I am being asked about the status of the trust created by the originally probated will, which still appears as an attachment to the complaint that is the only document that appears of record related to my late father's estate.

Yours sincerely,

barry cohen