ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ, UNITED STATES, October 13, 2026 / A mother wrote a will. She put her daughter in charge.
Later the daughter could not handle her own papers. She was incapacitated. A court then put her criminal lawyer, Albert H. Wunsch III, over the family trusts. He kept both jobs.
On July 27, 2026, another lawyer, Marc R. Berman of Cole Schotz, prepared two deeds. Each deed says the price was $1. Each deed moved a house out of the mother’s estate and into Wunsch’s name as trustee.
One house is 292 Maple Street in Fort Lee. That deed is Book 5873, Page 690.
The other house is 17 West Bayview Avenue in Englewood Cliffs. That deed is Book 5885, Page 944. That is the family home.
After those deeds were recorded, the county books no longer said “the estate.” They said the lawyer-trustee.
Then a realtor, Maureen McSpirit of McSpirit & Beckett, listed the Englewood Cliffs house for sale.
The daughter, Frances Caso, says she did not agree to sell that house. She says the papers were described to her as a loan, not a sale. The will does not name Wunsch. It is named Frances. If she cannot serve, it names the Mazzolas.
New Jersey listing rules say the owners must sign. Frances is the executrix the will be named. Her helper, Ashley Marte, has already told the realtor in writing: take the listing down. Do not show the house. Do not take an offer.
The family is asking a Bergen County judge to freeze both houses, take down the listing, undo the $1 deeds, remove Wunsch as trustee, and make him explain the money. They are also complaining to the real-estate board. Frances is separately taking Wunsch off her criminal case.
Three names on the paperwork. One name on the will.
Will: Frances.
Deeds: Wunsch, for $1.
Listing: McSpirit.
Frances: I did not sell.
Office of Caso Estate
The Estate of Concetta Caso LLC
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