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Petitioner Brings Case to Probate Lost Will

A New York Probate Lawyer said that a probate proceeding was brought by the Petitioner for the probate of a lost will purportedly executed by her decedent brother. A New York Will Lawyer said that the decedent died in September 2005. A will executed on in 2003, which provided for…

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Court Determines Possible Violation of No Contest Clause in Will

In this Probate action, a daughter of the decedent filed a motion to stay the entry of a decree admitting the propounded instrument to probate; for an extension of time to file objections; for leave to examine the proponent and for a construction of the effect of a no-contest clause…

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Petitioner Files Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction

This is a motion to dismiss a petition for original probate for lack of jurisdiction, both as a matter of law in the exercise of the court’s discretion. A New York Probate Lawyer said that decedent died in New Hampshire. Decedent was a non-resident of New York. The proponent-executrix, decedent’s…

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The issue in this case is whether the United States estate tax should be allocated against legacies bequeathed in the Mexican will of the decedent.

A New York Probate Lawyer said that, the decedent was a citizen of the United States, domiciled in Mexico City, who possessed substantial assets in New York and in Mexico. On May 14, 1965 she executed a will in New York which disposed of all of her property ‘wheresoever’s situate’,…

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Petitioner Seeks Summary Judgment on Turnover Petition

A New York Probate Lawyer said that, the administrator of the estate of the decedent, and petitioner in a turnover proceeding against respondent Companies, and law firm counsel to the Public Administrator of the County of New York, now seeks summary judgment and treble damages. Respondent cross-moves for summary judgment,…

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Liberals and conservatives can agree? New York Estate Planning Lawyers give their take.

The late Anna Nicole Smith brought democrats and republicans together in her historical and controversial lawsuit, claims a New York City Probate Lawyer. Smith had been married to billionaire J. Howard Marshall II for less than a year when he died. She claimed that he had promised her millions of…

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