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January 15, 2013 11:18 PM Appellate Court Upholds Choice Of Executor
November 26, 2012 5:01 PM Court Denies Summary Judgment Where Ancient Wills Clash 34 Years After One Was Admitted To Probate
August 26, 2012 11:42 AM Getting Surrogate's Court Records
August 5, 2012 11:08 AM Death And Your Emails
August 3, 2012 8:42 PM Appellate Court Disallows 9%Judicial Interest On Executor's Surcharge
July 29, 2012 7:34 PM Some Lessons From Michael Jackson's Estate
April 28, 2012 9:51 AM Divorce Requires You To Revise Your Will
March 27, 2012 6:44 AM Whitney Houston Planned Ahead And Created Trust For Her Daughter
January 17, 2012 11:09 PM Circumstantial Evidence Leads To Finding Of Triable Issues Of Fact In Undue Influence Claim
December 20, 2011 3:03 PM Petitioners Establish Prima Facie Case To Admit Will To Probate-- But Triable Issues Of Fact Based Upon Medical Evidence Lead Appellate Division To Remand For Trial
November 7, 2011 9:36 PM New Medicaid Regulations Create Confusion And Require Revision Of Financial Plans In New York
September 26, 2011 9:23 PM A Humerous Twist On An Interrorem Clause (With A Not So Humerous Downside)
August 28, 2011 8:47 PM Appellate Court Rules That Legal Fee Is Excessive
August 14, 2011 10:57 AM Time To Review Your IRA And 401k Designations
July 27, 2011 6:41 AM After The Funeral, The Bill Collector May Be An Unwelcome Guest
June 24, 2011 12:46 PM Surrogate Denies Landlord's Turnover Proceeding
June 3, 2011 4:37 PM Surrogate Admits 19 Year Old Will To Probate Without Witness Affidavits --Sometimes You Can Bend The Rules (A Little)
May 14, 2011 1:54 PM A Dissertation On "Stuff" --The Probate Procedure Simplified
March 5, 2011 10:54 PM Appellate Court Re States The Difficulty Of A Will Contest
February 25, 2011 5:46 PM Same Sex Spouse Ruled Survivor and Sole Distributee
November 20, 2010 2:28 PM Popularity Of Pet Trusts On The Rise
November 18, 2010 9:35 AM Court Of Appeals Upholds "Stranger Insurance"
November 18, 2010 7:23 AM When Is It Time To Revise Your Will?
October 5, 2010 4:21 PM New York Amends Law To Correct Will And Trust Formula Provisions
September 22, 2010 4:25 PM Partition And Sale -a Remedy for "Mom Died And Our Kid Sister Won't Move Out Of The House"
July 18, 2010 3:06 PM Court Of Appeals Warns Estate Planners To Beware
July 12, 2010 7:10 PM Fiduciary Ruled Not Required to Account For Transactions Prior to Decedent's Death
May 2, 2010 8:39 AM Points On A Minor's Trust
April 30, 2010 6:48 AM Undue Influence As Reflected By A Jury Charge
March 12, 2010 5:31 PM Failure To Revise Estate Tax Law Has Unintended Consequences
March 8, 2010 10:57 PM Presumption Of Death Certificate Is Rebutted
December 12, 2009 9:39 AM Ruminations On New York's New Power Of Attorney
December 10, 2009 6:45 PM Failure To Timely File Articles Of Organization Results In A Deed Being Set Aside
August 28, 2009 12:10 AM New York's New Power Of Attorney Mandated for September First
May 18, 2009 11:42 PM Court Orders Destruction Of Frozen Semen Specimens
May 14, 2009 11:26 PM Court Decision Rules That Estate Bank Account Can Not Be Jointly Held With Executor
April 11, 2009 9:44 PM New Power Of Attorney Law To Take Effect In New York On September 1
March 16, 2009 9:47 PM Surrogate's Court Bears Ultimate Responsibility For Deciding A Reasonable Attorney's Fee
February 4, 2009 10:37 PM Appellate Division Upholds Arbitration Agreement
February 4, 2009 8:55 AM Appellate Division Sets Rules For Genetic Marker Testing In Estate Proceedings
November 19, 2008 10:31 PM Objectant Fails To Establish That "Insane Delusions" Warranted Denial Of Probate
October 25, 2008 4:41 PM Surrogate Directs Will Be Reformed To Include Supplemental Needs Trust
October 3, 2008 12:18 AM Appellate Court Directs Turnover Of Joint Account
September 14, 2008 12:56 PM Legislature's Amendments to Law Impact Estates
July 14, 2008 9:13 PM Brooklyn Surrogate Awards Elective Share Of 100 Year Old's Estate To 47 Year Old Nurse/Wife After Deathbed Marriage
May 1, 2008 10:59 PM There's Many A Slip In The Creation Of A Valid Trust
April 30, 2008 11:15 PM Objectants Fail To Establish Undue Influence Even Though Testator Suffured From Dementia
April 18, 2008 1:27 PM George Washington's Will
March 17, 2008 4:31 PM Court Of Appeals Reversal Denies Share Of Jello Trust To Adopted -Out Child
March 9, 2008 4:13 PM Divorce And Its Impact On Your Estate
January 19, 2008 3:56 PM Irrevocable Trust Held To Insulate Estate From Medicaid Claims
November 29, 2007 12:31 PM Pittfalls of Powers of Attorney Brought To Light
November 27, 2007 3:47 PM Electronic Wills --A Portent Of Things To Come?
October 30, 2007 10:27 PM Cost Of Surety Bonds Charged Against Non-Consenting Distributees
October 11, 2007 6:36 PM Deposition Of Attorney-Drafter Of Prior Will Held Violation Of In Terrorem Clause
May 24, 2007 10:58 PM Pet Trusts
April 16, 2007 10:32 PM Estate Tax Sunset Provision Leads To Gallows Humor
April 14, 2007 6:52 PM Texas Lawyer Runs Afoul Of The Law After Cheating Estate
January 26, 2007 6:14 PM Joint Accounts May Not Always Be The Way To Go
January 25, 2007 9:01 PM What Happens To Your Passwords When You Die?
November 30, 2006 11:33 PM Puleeze Don't Mark Up Your Will !
June 11, 2006 9:26 PM Choosing A Testamentary Trustee
April 17, 2006 2:55 AM Richard Nixon's Will -- Some Notes
March 29, 2006 5:27 PM Exhumation? Not in Suffolk County !
March 27, 2006 3:38 PM Lost Wills
March 21, 2006 1:16 PM Storing Your Will and Other Legal Documents
March 11, 2006 7:19 PM Death and Taxes Law Blogger Reviews Dickens' Bleak House
March 2, 2006 3:39 AM In Terrorem Clauses
February 28, 2006 4:07 AM Testamentary Capacity
February 16, 2006 4:41 AM New York vs Florida
December 30, 2005 2:33 AM Some New Year's Suggestions
December 29, 2005 3:53 AM What is an Administration Proceeding
November 23, 2005 4:15 AM The Dead Man's Statute
November 16, 2005 5:08 AM Testamentary Assets and Self-Directed Assets
November 14, 2005 3:24 AM Spousal Right of Election in New York
November 14, 2005 2:43 AM Standing in Estate Proceedings
November 8, 2005 4:16 AM Angry Wills
November 2, 2005 3:52 AM What is Probate?
October 29, 2005 3:40 AM Fiduciaries
October 6, 2005 2:57 AM What is a Will?
September 9, 2005 5:02 AM Trusts
September 9, 2005 4:28 AM Powers Of Attorney

Legal Services

September 8, 2005 4:28 AM Legal Services

NEWS

August 19, 2012 11:13 AM Hugette Clark's Estate Continues In Total Disarray
August 1, 2012 9:04 AM Don't Forget The Attic!
July 29, 2012 6:48 PM Charges Of Thievery In The Surrogate's Court Gain Traction
July 24, 2012 5:11 PM Commission To Seek Removal Of Bronx Surrogate
March 30, 2012 11:14 AM New York's Expanded Medicaid Regulations Repealed
March 29, 2012 10:01 AM Brooke Astor's Estate Is Settled
March 26, 2012 9:36 PM Probate Judge Orders Rosa Parks Estate Not To Dispose Of Property Without His Permission
March 4, 2012 11:53 PM 351 Year Old Estate Continues to Stir Up Controversy
November 1, 2011 10:23 PM Death Has Turned Out To Be Less Profitable For James Brown Than It Has Been For Michael Jackson
October 29, 2011 9:56 PM Steve Jobs' Estate Plan Was As Inventive As He Was
September 14, 2011 9:28 PM Michael Jackson's Estate Pays 30 Million Dollars To His Children's Trust
June 25, 2011 8:26 AM New York's Historic Legalization Of Same Sex Marriage Has Broad Legal Implications
May 14, 2011 10:30 AM We Should All Have This Problem!
May 12, 2011 8:52 PM She's Baaaack! Anna Nicole Smith's Case Finally Reaches The Supreme Court
May 6, 2011 9:41 AM The Gene Upshaw Story Continues --How Not To Do It
May 5, 2011 8:24 AM Confidential Settlement In Gene Upshaw Estate
March 2, 2011 3:13 PM We've Been Nominated!!
November 14, 2010 8:13 PM Budget Cuts Will Have Impact On The Surrogate's Court
July 15, 2010 10:36 PM While New York Will Miss George Steinbrenner, Uncle Sam Will Miss His Money
June 9, 2010 7:42 AM Billionaire's Estate To Pay An Estate Tax Of Zero
May 13, 2010 3:29 PM Celebrity Estate Fights Generate Public Interest --And Teachable Moments
May 9, 2010 8:50 PM What's Going On Here? Looks Like A Back-Door Tax Increase!
March 20, 2010 4:46 PM Criminal Trial Of Manhattan Surrogate Begins
December 21, 2009 1:15 PM Brooke Astor's Son Sentenced To Prison
October 28, 2009 6:11 PM New Bills To Restore The Estate Tax In The Congressional Hopper
October 20, 2009 5:19 PM Martin Luther King Estate Is Finally Settled
October 8, 2009 4:43 PM Jury Convicts Brooke Astor's Son and Her Former Lawyer For Plundering Her Estate
August 18, 2009 11:10 PM After Three Months, The Brooke Astor Trial Is Becoming --Dare We Say?-- Boring
June 15, 2009 9:28 PM Brooke Astor Trial Continues With Testimony of Attorney-Drafter Of Codicil To Her Will
May 21, 2009 11:36 PM Murder Most Foul And Its Impact On An Estate
May 12, 2009 11:53 AM Sometimes A Dog's Life Is ....A Dog's Life
May 10, 2009 3:58 PM The Brooke Astor Trial -- Something For Everyone
April 19, 2009 9:26 PM Publicist Sues James Brown's Estate In Latest Round Of Legal War
April 1, 2009 12:22 AM Astor Trial Jury Selection Gets Underway
January 7, 2009 5:23 PM Small Estates In New York Are Getting Larger
December 27, 2008 5:00 PM Judicial Conduct Commission Recommends Suspension Of New York County Surrogate-Elect
July 15, 2008 10:34 PM South Carolina Court Orders That James Brown's Estate Will Be Auctioned
July 2, 2008 11:19 AM A Dog's Life Isn't That Bad ! Eight Billion Dollar Helmsley Trust Is Slated To Be Applied To The Benefit Of The Nation's Canine Population
June 14, 2008 7:53 PM CNBC Reports Settlement Of Tobias Case
May 23, 2008 11:51 AM Family Fights Over Guardianships Continue To Increase
May 10, 2008 8:47 AM Senior Citizen Escapes From Connecticut "Probate Prison" With The Help Of A Few Good Lawyers And Relatives
May 8, 2008 11:43 AM Probate Court Upholds Wrongful Death Settlement Between Widow And Cruise Line
April 5, 2008 12:13 AM Ex-Wife Files Claim Against Ike Turner's Estate
March 17, 2008 12:16 PM 1549 Probate Papers Provide Glimpse Into Sixteenth Century Life
March 11, 2008 3:49 PM Heath Ledger's Will Fails To Provide For His Child
February 26, 2008 10:39 PM Romanian Prince Attempts To Help Attorney In Brooke Astor Case
January 5, 2008 4:08 PM Lawyer Suspended For Irregularities In Guardianship Of Retired Judge
January 4, 2008 9:22 AM Former Brooke Astor Lawyer In the News Once More
December 4, 2007 3:20 PM Accusation Of Murder Most Foul In Florida Leads To $ 25 Million Estate Fight
December 1, 2007 1:19 PM Astor Lawyer Morrissey Accused Of Numerous Improprieties
November 28, 2007 5:48 PM Stepchildren War Over Estate Art Collection
November 26, 2007 9:42 PM Brooke Astor's Son and Attorney Indicted
November 25, 2007 10:06 PM Warren Buffet Opposes Ending Estate Tax
November 6, 2007 7:48 AM Scott Peterson Denied Wife's Life Insurance Policy Benefit
October 18, 2007 5:18 PM Astor Estate Goes To Manhattan Grand Jury
July 23, 2007 8:48 AM Grand Jury Action Considered in Brooke Astor Case
May 23, 2007 12:18 AM FBI Interested In Will Contests
May 17, 2007 8:09 AM Jury Finds Blattmachr Breached His Fiduciary Duty
March 27, 2007 9:19 AM Inventory Values Brooke Astor's Net Worth At 130.9 Million Dollars
February 9, 2007 11:24 PM Anna Nicole Smith's Death Sparks A Host Of Legal Questions and Controversies
January 29, 2007 10:01 PM Rosa Parks' Estate Scheduled For Jury Trial
January 21, 2007 12:03 AM Celebrity Deaths Often Involve Controversy
January 16, 2007 11:33 PM JAMES BROWN'S WILL EXCLUDES HIS PARTNER AND THEIR INFANT SON
December 7, 2006 11:17 PM Brooke Astor's Guardianship Case Rolled Up Huge Legal Fees as it Rolled On
August 28, 2006 9:43 PM Controversy Continues Over Two Million Dollar Legal Fee
August 22, 2006 6:00 PM Federal Court Stays Florida Attorney's Action For 2 Million Dollars in Fees Over September 11 Claim
August 8, 2006 9:50 PM Spotlight Shifts To Brook Astor's Attorney
August 4, 2006 11:06 AM Estate Tax Repeal Fails Once More In Senate
July 31, 2006 7:23 AM New Temporary Guardian Appointed For Socialite Brooke Astor
July 26, 2006 11:17 PM Trusting Your Trustee --A Cautionary Tale
June 8, 2006 8:25 PM Senate Rejects Attempt at Estate Tax Repeal
May 17, 2006 3:33 AM Pet Trusts
May 16, 2006 2:49 AM A Cautionary Tale About Accepting A Fiduciary Appointment
May 9, 2006 1:00 PM Estate Planning Starts Early
May 8, 2006 3:42 PM Will Anna Nicole Smith Case Cause a Stampede to Federal Court?
May 2, 2006 4:17 AM Supreme Court Win for Anna Nicole Smith
April 29, 2006 2:20 PM Liillian Glasser Returns Home to New Jersey to Await Outcome of Her Guardianship Proceeding
April 27, 2006 11:08 PM Battle on Estate Tax Nears in Senate
April 23, 2006 7:42 PM Estate Tax Confusion Continues
March 11, 2006 6:36 PM AARP to Sponser Conference on Aging April 20-23
March 11, 2006 4:04 AM "You're Disinherited!"
March 8, 2006 3:08 AM Follow-up on the Glasser Case
February 28, 2006 9:03 PM Supreme Court Hears Anna Nicole Smith's Claim
January 2, 2006 9:48 PM Contested Guardianship Sparks Multistate Feud in Federal Court
January 2, 2006 4:48 PM Advice Columnists Can Be Misleading
December 9, 2005 3:35 AM Avoiding Big Fights over Small Things
November 21, 2005 4:07 PM Rosa Parks's Estate Embroilled in Feud
November 6, 2005 1:35 PM Senator Bill Frist's Trust ---Blind or Just Near-Sighted?
October 17, 2005 6:01 PM Same Sex Partner Loses Wrongful Death Action
August 17, 2005 3:16 AM No Man is Above the Law

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

May 20, 2013 9:39 PM Surrogate Refuses To Nullify Testator's Choice Of Fiduciary
May 12, 2013 8:10 PM Summary Judgment Granted To Void Trust For Lack Of Capacity
April 4, 2013 9:10 PM Adjournment Of 1404 Examination Extends Time To File Objections
August 5, 2012 6:52 PM Don't Let Your Case Become A Lunchroom Munchy!
July 29, 2012 5:34 PM A Stipulation Made In Open Court Will Probably Rust If Left In The Rain
May 31, 2012 12:04 PM Holocaust Survivor's Estate Ordered To Return Ancient Gold Artifact To Berlin Museum
May 30, 2012 4:56 PM Appellate Court Upholds Obtjections To Probate In Spite Of Waiver
July 22, 2011 12:08 PM Appellate Court Upholds Decision Denying Mother Of Decedent's Petition To Be Named Administratrix Of His Estate
May 10, 2011 10:55 PM Res Judicata Blocks Fiduciary's Attempt To Revisit Real Estate Question In Surrogate's Court
February 1, 2011 10:22 PM Conclusory Statements Are Not Sufficient To Raise An Issue Of Fact As To A Will's Validity
January 30, 2011 11:01 PM Appellate Court Restates Accounting Burdens
June 6, 2010 9:03 PM Petitioner Loses Her Standing --And Her Case
December 9, 2009 2:38 PM DNA Test Ordered By Surrogate In Case Of First Impression
October 20, 2009 10:28 AM Court Leaves Door Open For Foreign Heir To Exercise Fiduciary Rights
October 14, 2009 6:10 PM A Usefull Guide To The Dreaded Generation Skipping Transfer Tax (GST)
September 13, 2009 10:44 PM Trustee's Duty Requires Undivided And Undiluted Loyalty
July 28, 2009 11:01 PM Bid To Compel Accounting Fails
June 25, 2009 9:54 PM Appellate Court Holds Look-back Period To Run From Date Of Asset's Liquidation And Not Its Gifting
June 24, 2009 11:22 PM Beneficial Disposition To Attesting Witness Held Void
May 22, 2009 3:09 PM Appellate Division Deals Blow To Son Of Brooke Astor
May 19, 2009 10:34 PM Trust Beneficiares Held Not To Be Entitled To Order Directing Costs To Be Paid By Unsuccessful Objectants
May 11, 2009 10:25 PM Son's Attempt To Establish Undue Influence Fails
May 10, 2009 6:56 PM Appellate Division Rules Surrogate May Providently Exercise Discretion To Allow Late Filing Of Objections To Will
April 12, 2009 8:44 PM Self-Dealing By Fiduciary Trustees Permitted Where Allowed By Trust Instrument
December 24, 2008 11:41 PM Back Door Post Probate Will Challenge Fails On Motion
September 24, 2008 12:01 AM Surrogate's Court Procedure Differers In Different Counties
September 15, 2008 11:58 PM Failure To Show Due Execution Of Will Leads To Denial Of Admission To Probate
July 25, 2008 10:58 PM Self-Executing Affidavit Fails To Establish Due Execution; Appellate Division Orders Trial On The Merits
July 23, 2008 3:10 PM Public Administrator Survives Distributees' Attempt At Removal
July 8, 2008 11:32 PM Guardian Ordered To Repay $403,000 To Judge's Estate
June 12, 2008 6:27 PM Loyalty To Mother Held Violation Of Fiduciary's Obligations To Other Beneficiaries
April 24, 2008 10:01 PM Surrogate's Decision Revives Prior Will
April 9, 2008 7:09 PM Being An Attorney-Drafter And An Executor And Trustee Does Not Equate To Undue Influence
April 5, 2008 3:55 PM Lost Will Raises Issue of Revocation And Matter Is Ordered To Trial
March 8, 2008 1:05 PM Appellate Division Fails To Find Undue Influence
December 4, 2007 1:03 PM Appellate Court Upholds Waiver Of Spousal Right Of Election
December 4, 2007 8:46 AM Some Pointers About Rebutting The Presumption Of Competence
December 1, 2007 12:06 AM Decision Of Undue Influence By Home Health Aide Sustained On Appeal
September 25, 2007 3:10 PM Future Pain Award Survives Death Of Beneficiary
September 23, 2007 10:37 PM Wife's Bipolar Disorder Held Not To Affect Judgment --Prenuptial Agreement Upheld
September 10, 2007 11:58 PM Professional Corporation Held To Be Unqualified To Serve As Executor Of Will
May 22, 2007 11:01 PM Surrogate's Removal Of Preliminary Executor Without A Hearing Is Affirmed
May 21, 2007 10:07 PM Surrogate Extends Statutory Time To File 1404 Objections
May 16, 2007 10:25 PM Court Upholds Harry Winston Trustees Over Family Objections
May 16, 2007 7:28 AM Conflict Of Interest Must Involve Actual Misconduct To Warrant Removal Of Fiduciary
May 3, 2007 11:19 PM Fraud Or Overreaching Necessary To Revoke Waiver
April 22, 2007 10:07 PM Testator's True Intent Must Be Determined In Construction Proceeding
April 1, 2007 11:37 PM Otsego Surrogate Finds Lack of Undue Influence
March 29, 2007 11:24 PM Executor Surcharged and Discharged For Failing to Properly Manage Estate
March 26, 2007 1:37 PM Jello Heiress to Receive Just Desserts
March 14, 2007 9:22 PM Court Allows Reform of Trust to Reflect Testator's Intent
February 19, 2007 10:54 PM Trustee Breached Fiduciary Duty For Failing To Charge Fair Market Rental For Trust Property
January 25, 2007 3:43 PM Motion For Summary Judgment Fails To Overcome Mother's Objections To Probate
January 24, 2007 5:01 PM Unsupported Objections Lead To Judicial Sanctions
January 14, 2007 10:41 PM Undue Influence Held Provable By Circumstantial Evidence
December 2, 2006 10:52 AM Original Will Not Required For New York Probate After It Has Been Admitted To Probate In A Foreign Jurisdiction
November 29, 2006 10:38 PM Civil Suit Fails Against Estate
November 19, 2006 9:48 PM Attorney-Drafter of Will Loses Claim To Full Executor's Commission
September 22, 2006 1:48 PM Apportioning Estate Taxes
August 23, 2006 9:48 PM Codicil Denied Probate Because of Undue Influence
August 21, 2006 11:29 PM Trustee Absolved Of Charge Of Self-Dealing
July 31, 2006 8:52 PM Death Fails To Relieve Estate of Obligations Contracted For During Decedent's Lifetime
July 30, 2006 11:15 PM Domestic Partner's Claim for 9/11 Benefits Allowed To Go Forward
July 13, 2006 12:22 AM In Terrorem Clause Enforced Disenfranchising Beneficiary
July 12, 2006 4:48 PM Appellate Ruling Expands Inheritance Rights of Nonmarital Children
June 25, 2006 1:30 AM Express Terms of Subsequent Will Found to Revoke an Earlier Will
May 23, 2006 4:32 AM State Supreme Court Settlement Conditioned On Surrogate's Approval Unravels
May 17, 2006 3:08 AM Will's Revocation Fails to Revive Prior Revoked Wills
April 24, 2006 1:48 AM Cy Pres Doctrine Determines Disposition of Funds Directed to Dissolved Charity
April 18, 2006 7:21 PM Absence of Murder Verdict Does Not Relieve Husband of Responsibility for Slaying Wife
April 17, 2006 2:09 AM Appellate Court Holds Dementia not Conclusive Proof of Lack of Testamentary Capcity
April 1, 2006 4:14 AM Appellate Court Holds that Petitioner Seeking to Vacate Admission of Will to Probate Was Entitled to a Hearing
March 18, 2006 4:29 AM Decision to Cancel an Executor's Real Estate Contract for Failure to Get the Best Obtainable Price is Reversed
March 13, 2006 4:10 AM Decedent's Father Not Disqualified From Taking An Intestate Share Of His Child's Estate
February 14, 2006 2:40 AM Construing a Will
January 28, 2006 5:29 AM Summary Judgment Dismissing Will Challenge Upheld
January 28, 2006 5:23 AM Court Permits Posthumous DNA Testing to Establish Paternity of Non-Marital Child Seeking Distributive Share of Estate
December 23, 2005 4:13 AM "Caregiver-Elderly" Relationship Found to Be Highly Confidential and Warranting Close Scrutiny
December 13, 2005 4:40 AM Court Foils Ingenious Attempt at Post-Mortem Estate Planning
December 10, 2005 3:59 AM Turnover is the Recipe for Dishonest Housekeeper
December 4, 2005 6:06 PM Court Permits Self-Gifting Pursuant to Power of Attorney
November 21, 2005 5:02 AM Court Appoints Insurer's Attorneys as Defendant's Administrators
November 21, 2005 4:51 AM Durable Power of Attorney Obviates Need for Guardianship
November 14, 2005 3:42 AM Hostility, in and of Itself Will not Justify the Removal of Fiduciaries of an Estate
November 5, 2005 5:02 AM A Fiduciary Cannot Account to Him or Herself
October 29, 2005 5:15 PM Examination of Witnesses to a Will
October 29, 2005 5:04 AM 'Adopted-Out' child Ruled Issue of Birth Parent if Named as Beneficiary in Will
October 27, 2005 5:03 AM Murder-Suicide Disqualifies Killer's Estate
October 17, 2005 3:37 PM Mutual Will Held to be Revocable
August 30, 2005 10:32 PM Real Estate Contract enforceable against Estate
August 23, 2005 4:00 AM Death Invalidates Gift
August 15, 2005 3:49 AM Self-executing Affidavits
August 15, 2005 2:11 AM Undue Influence and Duress

RESOURCES

March 14, 2006 1:42 AM New York State Archives
August 29, 2005 3:59 AM Glossary Of Legal Terms
August 19, 2005 9:53 PM New York Official Reports Service
August 19, 2005 8:46 PM New York State Unified Court System

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