For many families, the administration of a decedent's estate proceeds quietly and efficiently. Assets are gathered, debts are paid and property is distributed according to a Last Will and Testament or ...

At the recent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA), held at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights on Jan. 30, members were treated to an enlightening presentation ...

When a petitioner offers a will for probate, and the propounded instrument’s validity is contested, objectants oftentimes raise undue influence as an objection to the admission of the will to probate.

Boca Raton Probate Attorneys outlines how a will may still be contested after probate begins in Florida, depending on timing ...

When conflict arises in the settling of an estate – especially a high-net-worth estate – the parties involved may look to the courts to help resolve the dispute. Litigation is one way to settle ...

The Tony Hsieh estate litigation is one of the most consequential probate cases in recent memory—and one of the most ...

C. Raymond Radigan, a former surrogate of Nassau County and of counsel to Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, and Frank J. Gobes, a senior associate at the firm, write that practitioners must be aware that some ...

Objectants to an instrument purporting to be decedent's will moved for summary judgment dismissing decedent's son's petition for probate in this contested probate proceeding alleging duress. Proponent ...