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Court Determines Appropriate Legal Fees for Probate Case

In an accounting proceeding, the court is presented with the issue of determining the amount of attorney’s fees and accounting fees to be granted to be charged against the estate of the decedent. Decedent is a resident of Nassau County who left a will that was admitted for probate by…

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Court Decides Payment of Legal Fees for Administration of an Estate

A resident of Uniondale, on 26 December 1998, died. The decedent left a will dated 15 June 1979 which bequeathed her entire residuary estate to her nephew, who post-deceased the decedent. The Public Administrator was appointed temporary administrator of the estate on 14 April 2005. Decedent’s will was admitted to…

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Court Decides Legal Fees from Will Proceeding

A rich man died in 1958 leaving a will and a codicil. The distributees of the properties and assets named in the instruments were his wife, two daughters as distributes and two other persons as executors. The letters testamentary were issued to the executors after the will was presented to…

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Court Rules on Fees to be Paid to the Guardian ad Litem

The decedent, a resident of Nassau County died on January 24, 2006 who on October 24, 2003 created the Revocable Trust U/A during which he executed his will now offered for probate. The instruments were drater by the long time attorney who supervised the execution of both documents. Bulk of…

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Court Hears Case to Validate a Will

The last will is accepted for probate but the co-administrator requests a decision to dismiss the objections pertaining to the account of the first daughter of the deceased. The second daughter of the deceased and her co-administrator join in their appeals of while the first daughter opposes the motions. The…

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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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