Articles Posted in Probate & Estate Litigation

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Courts Decide Will Contest Regarding German vs. American Wills

This proceeding is about the two last wills made in different states by a deceased woman. The petitioner in this appeal requests for the validation of the will executed in 1955 while the deceased was in New York County. The petitioner as the representative in administering the assets leaves the…

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Court Decides if Petition for Preliminary Letters Shoud Be Granted

On 28 October 2006, the decedent died leaving a will dated 27 April 2006. The will nominates two (2) executors. Thereafter, one of the executors renounced his appointment. The decedent was survived by his two adult children. Under the will, the entire residuary estate is left to the decedent’s companion…

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Court Rules on Will Jurisdiction Issue

An American citizen domiciled in France died leaving behind bank accounts in New York worth less than $1,000.00, real properties worth a few hundred thousand dollars in France and almost a million dollars worth of money and personal property in Switzerland. At the time of his death he was married…

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Court Discusses Will Contest between Son and Stepmother

In legal action arising out of a dispute between the individual plaintiff from New York and his stepmother from Florida with regard to the ownership of corporate stock in a New York corporation, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County, and a judgment which…

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Estate Executor Brings Action for Lack of Payment

This is not really estate litigation as it is a case involving the commission/fees of a person who was assigned to perform the accounting of the wealth of a decedent. It all started when a wealthy individual commissioned a lawyer-friend to write his will and named the said lawyer together…

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Court Stays Estate Proceedings until Criminal Case is Resolved

Three probate proceedings in the estate of the deceased woman moves for an order for a partial stay or a protective order directing that the surviving son’s obligations to respond to all discovery demands that have been served on him temporarily be stayed until related criminal charges pending against him…

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Court Decides Estate Issues Regarding Same Sex Marriage

The deceased man endowed in his will his three surviving brothers, a goddaughter and his same sex partner spouse that he married in Canada. He left the residue of his estate to the respondent, his same-sex partner spouse. The deceased man appointed the respondent spouse as the executor of his…

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