For many families, the administration of a decedent's estate proceeds quietly and efficiently. Assets are gathered, debts are paid and property is distributed according to a Last Will and Testament or ...

We are increasingly seeing more disputes over the validity of marriages in probate litigation. A recurring fact pattern is that a romantic partner will attempt to orchestrate a marriage to the second ...

At the recent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA), held at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights on Jan. 30, members were treated to an enlightening presentation ...

In In re McCown, a county court had a contested probate matter, and a party filed a motion to assign a statutory probate judge and another party filed a motion to transfer the case to a district court ...

Contested probate is where a deceased’s will is challenged by their spouse, children, or other dependents. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited ...

To be able to describe some of the challenges around wills and elderly people To be able to explain why there are more contested wills To be able to describe the impact of undue influence To be able ...

The death of a loved one is a traumatic event that most of us will experience during our lives. After the grieving has taken place, the next question that may arise concerns whether the decedent ...

Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, died in November 2020 at age 46 with an estimated $500 million fortune and no documented estate plan. He had no spouse and no children. His estate was on track to ...