Choose an Executor for Your NYC Estate
Choose an Executor for Your NYC Estate Janice resides in New York City, has a gross estate of $6,000,000, wants to retain an attorney to […]
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Probate
Checklist for Executors
You Have Been Appointed Executor of An Estate in NYC. What do you do now? Here is a basic checklist for executors for settling an
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Preliminary Letters Testamentary
Preliminary Letters Testamentary Authorize Immediate Access to a Decedent’s Estate. Imagine the following: your parent or loved one just died, perhaps as a result of
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Unseal Apartment After Death
Unseal Apartment After Death How Do I Unseal Apartment After Death In NYC After It Was Sealed by The Police? There are a number of
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How to Probate a Will in NY
Here are a few practical points to help you understand How to Probate a Will in NY. Please review our Probate Process guide for greater
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Ancillary Probate Proceeding
Ancillary Probate Proceeding Ancillary probate is an additional, simultaneous probate process that’s required when a decedent owned real estate or tangible personal Here is an example: Donna owned
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Commissions for Serving as Administrator, Executor, or Trustee
How Much will I be Paid (Commissions) for serving as Executor, Administrator or Trustee in NYC? An Executor, Administrator, and/or Trustee is entitled to be
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Interested Party vs Necessary Party Probate
Interested Party vs. Necessary Party In a NYC probate petition, individuals are often confused by who is a “necessary” party vs who is an interested
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Deeds Can Avoid Probate
How Deeds Can Avoid Probate Did you know that Deeds Can Avoid Probate? Indeed, real estate deeds are an excellent way to engage in estate
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Probate Assets – What are they?
Probate assets are Assets that do not Pass by Beneficiary Designation or Operation of Law. Consider the following example: Gretta died in February 2019 domiciled
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