An old bachelor in New York died. In his will, he named eleven cousins of his as his distributees. As he had no children of his own, he bequeathed his entire estate to his tax lawyer. The tax lawyer was a resident of New York but he had relocated to…
An 89-year old woman had retired and had been living in Florida. But, she executed a will in New York in front of witnesses who were from New York. Seven months after executing her will, she died in New York and was buried in New York. The will contained about…
The probate courts have reviewed an agreement between parties regarding settlement of estates, which was skillfully done by a highly trained court appointee to take care the personal and property interest of one of decedent’s sister who was sick. Decedent had written a will. In his will, he named his…
Surrogate’s Court, entered and admitted the document to probate as the last will and testament of testator. The decedent, a physician, married his first wife who died before probate of the will. Testator’s daughters from his first wife petition the court for probate the will testators have written in their…
A deceased man from Niagara County made five wills all of which have some beneficiaries who are different from Will to Will. The wills are dated March 2, 1993, July 15, 1992, April 24, 1992, March 15, 1989 and September 24, 1987. Two of these Wills have currently been offered…
A guardian for an old man is accused of gross negligence, malpractice, inaction, unlawful and breach of authority relationship regarding his conduct and/or lack thereof in exercising a certain right of election on the old man’s behalf against the last will and testament of his deceased son. The claim for…
The petitioners in this case have filed a motion for summary judgment which will dismiss the public administrator’s objections. The petitioners are also seeking the admission of the testator’s will for probate. Before the death of the testator, he had been living in a facility for the elderly for many…
According to reports from a surrogate’s court, a decedent was survived by his wife, and two children from a previous marriage. In his last will and testament, he had chosen his wife to act estate administrator. Upon his death, the will was submitted to probate court. The court named the…
A man who died in New York City was survived by two brothers. One lived in Endicott and the youngest in Pennsylvania who drove to Endicott and arrived in the evening to attend his brother’s funeral the following day. Prior to the funeral, the youngest brother suggested that arrangements be…
The appellants of a probate case have filed for an objection against the original ruling of probate by the court. The court did not accept the objections of the appellants. According to the objections of the appellants, they asserted that the surrogate court should have used its authority to decide…