n a proceeding for ancillary probate of the will of decedent, which will, it is alleged, has been admitted to probate in the Republic of Mexico, the nation in which decedent was domiciled at the time of his death. The application indicates that decedent possessed real property in both Bronx…
This is an application for an order relieving the petitioner of her default in filing her notice to take an elective share as decedent’s surviving spouse within the time provided and extending her time to file the notice of election. The question presented is whether the provision in EPTL 5-1.1-A…
A New York Probate Lawyer said this is an action pursuant to Article 15 of the Real Property Law to compel the determination of claims to certain real property located at Bronx, City of New York. The plaintiff seeks a decree that she is entitled to the title of said…
The decedent, a former court reporter, died at the age of 78 following an almost two-week hospitalization. The propounded instrument was executed one day prior to the decedent’s death, while he was hospitalized. A New York Probate Lawyer said the amended probate petition indicates that the decedent’s distributees are four…
This was a certiorari case filed before the court by the petitioner, a former war veteran, who was charged and indicted for conversion of government property. A New York Probate Lawyer said the large tract of Michigan land was used by government for practice bombing range where the Air Force…
This is an action for breach of an illegal oral contract to issue plaintiff a rent-stabilized lease and lease renewals, in perpetuity. The complaint filed in April 2004 asserts a right to a renewal lease under a tenancy created by a purported 1992 verbal agreement with defendant landlord’s principal. A…
Two cases were brought before the court for resolution. In the first case: A New York Probate Lawyer said that on 24 July 2006, the Supreme Court of New York County rendered judgment granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment only to the extent of precluding plaintiff from asserting any…
A New York Probate Lawyer said this is an action for breach of an illegal oral contract to issue plaintiff a rent-stabilized lease and lease renewals, in perpetuity. The complaint filed in April 2004 asserts a right to a renewal lease under a tenancy created by a purported 1992 verbal…
Two cases were brought before the court for resolution. In the first case: On 24 July 2006, the Supreme Court of New York County rendered judgment granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment only to the extent of precluding plaintiff from asserting any claims for legal fees incurred in the…
The defendant third-party plaintiff, corporation-one, owned real property where it was building a group of town houses. It hired the third-party defendant, corporation-two, to perform carpentry work and hired the defendant corporation-three to perform roofing work. A New York Probate Lawyer said the plaintiff, an undocumented alien, was an employee…