Dear Ocean County Clerk's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.

Records requested:

Dear Ocean County Clerk's Office,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:

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."

It was 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 faithfully,

barry cohen

Dear Ocean County Clerk's Office,
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 Clerk's Office's handling of my OPRA request 'Probated Will - Internal Review Request'.

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."
It was 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 faithfully,
barry cohen

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

"OPRA's clear purpose . . . is 'to maximize public knowledge about public affairs in order to ensure an informed citizenry and to minimize the evils inherent in a secluded process.'" Educ. Law Ctr. v. N.J. Dep't of Educ., 198 N.J. 274, 284 (2009) (quoting Mason v. City of Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51, 64 (2008)).

Dear Kevin,

"OPRA's clear purpose . . . is 'to maximize public knowledge about public affairs in order to ensure an informed citizenry and to minimize the evils inherent in a secluded process.'" Educ. Law Ctr. v. N.J. Dep't of Educ., 198 N.J. 274, 284 (2009) (quoting Mason v. City of Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51, 64 (2008)).

This request has nothing to do with a probated will. I am happy to post publicly that the Ocean County Surrogate Court refuses to respond to either phone calls or emails, that they won’t acknowledge that they removed a filing, or explain why a document they assured me would be made public almost two years ago still does not appear of record.

Shall I name the individuals from the Court or do you think just naming the OCSC is sufficient?

Yours sincerely,
barry cohen