Probate Lawyers said that records reveal that in an action to impress a trust upon funds on deposit claimed to be the property of the father, the father moved to enjoin the his daughter, and the banks in which the moneys are deposited, from withdrawing or in any manner disposing…
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Claimants Move to Dismiss Claims of Executrix
A Probate Lawyer said on the records, this is a motion by claimants to dismiss the petition by the executrix for disallowance of their claims for accounting services allegedly rendered to testator. The ground for the motion is that this court was ousted of jurisdiction to adjudicate the claims because…
Court Hear Petition Action
A Probate Lawyer said that according to sources, this is a partition action in which defense move, pursuant to Rule 107, subdivisions 2 and 3 of the Rules of Civil Practice, to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the complainants have no legal capacity to sue and that there…
Court Hears Motion to Substitute Executor for Will
A Probate Lawyer said this is a motion to substitute the executor of the Last Will and Testament of the deceased as plaintiff herein and to permit the said Executrix upon substitution to serve an amended complaint to include therein an action for wrongful death; and to serve an amended…
A Convicted Felon Files for Guardianship
Probate Lawyers said that according to sources, a convicted felon who is unrelated to two subject children has filed for guardianship of these children who presently reside with him and his wife. The maternal uncle and adopted brother of the children has cross-petitioned for guardianship of the two subject children…
Court Discusses Credit Shelter Trust
A Probate Lawyer before the court is a petition brought by M, the surviving spouse of JM. M is the lifetime beneficiary of a credit shelter trust created under decedent’s last will and testament, and she and the trust share a tenancy in common in the residential real property in…
Petitioner Filed Claim to Determine the Validity of a Deed
A New York Probate Lawyer said, in a probate proceeding in which the executor petitioned to determine the validity of a deed executed by the decedent LH, the appeal is from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County, dated May 11, 2007, which granted the petition to the extent…
Court Appoints Temporary Administrator in Probate Proceeding
A Probate Lawyer said the plaintiffs motion pursuant to CPLR § 1015 seeking to substitute the law firm of K&K as temporary Administrator for the Estate of Mrs. C is denied. Instead the Public Administrator of Richmond County is hereby appointed as the Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Mrs.…
Court Decides if Plaintiff has Standing to Bring Case
An Probate Lawyer said that the records reflect that a mortgagor executed a note and mortgage in favor of a company. in the principal amount of $167,475.00, secured by the premises located in New York. As alleged in the affidavit, the Vice President of Loan Documentation of the mortgagee’s Bank,…
Court Determines if Charging Lien Exists if Favor of Former Lawyer
A Probate Lawyer said that from the records, the genesis of this litigation arose when a lawyer was representing a corporation in regard to its purchase of the premises pursuant to a written contract. The contract was dated and was an “all cash deal.” The court notes that unlike contracts…