Motion is made to strike out a counterclaim interposed in this action wherein plaintiff seeks to compel defendants to deliver to her a bank passbook of an account in the Interest Department of the ABC Trust Company of Albany issued to and opened in the name of ‘Ms. B, in…
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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…
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…
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…
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’,…
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,…
Court Determines Guardian ad Litem Fee
This is a hearing in the matter of the last will and testament of the deceased Joseph R. Drab. The probate case is being heard in the Surrogates Court of the state of New York in Nassau County. Probate Proceeding The decedent of the case was survived by his spouse,…
Warren to be the primary beneficiary of Rosen’s estate
On March 12, 1992, Louis Rosen died in a mental facility in California, allegedly leaving behind his entire estate to Warren Silverman as his primary beneficiary. According to reports that reached New York Contest Will lawyer, the last will that was left by Rosen was written during the time when…
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…