Aging, Estate Administration, Probate, Wills You Cannot Disinherit Your Spouse New York law prevents spouses from being disinherited. Instead a spouse who is disinherited may go to court and claim … July 7, 2023 2 MIN READ
Probate Ways to Reduce the Risks of Probate Litigation Disputes involving conservatorship and guardianship fall under the purview of probate litigation while trust and will debates also fall under … September 17, 2021 2 MIN READ
Probate Probate Judge Removes Executor without Hearing Over Failure to Account Estate A Kings County Surrogate’s Court judge recently removed the executor to an estate without a hearing over the individual’s failure … September 16, 2018 2 MIN READ
Probate What Happens if I Pass Away without a Will? While it might not be the most important things on peoples’ minds the truth is that all of us need … September 4, 2018 2 MIN READ
Probate Ways to Avoid Probating a Will If you have an estate with any number of assets including a home real estate retirement benefits and bank accounts … August 10, 2018 2 MIN READ
Probate Do Small Estates Need to go through Probate in New York? In New York not every estate needs to pass through the probate process in Surrogate’s Court. The law gives this … August 4, 2018 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Probate Wrongful Death Lawsuit as Part of Probate Estate PROBATE IS UNAVOIDABLE It is a fact of life that we can never plan for the worse case scenario and … March 7, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Probate Back to the Basics – Probate Administration The death of a loved one is an especially traumatic event. Lives can be upended and … October 25, 2015 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Probate Mentally Ill Man Kills Mother and Still Wants Inheritance In 2010 John Armstrong killed his eighty year old mother Joan Armstrong by bashing her head in with a brick … March 10, 2015 2 MIN READ