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WHAT IS PROBATE? HOW YOUR NY PROBATE LAWYER WILL SAVE YOU MILLIONS
Probate is the opposite of complicated. It is the act of drafting…
CAN ADOPTED CHILDREN INHERIT FROM THEIR BIOLOGICAL FAMILY? ESTATE OF MURPHY
According to the NYS Estate Law the answer is, it depends. As…
SHOULD NON-SPOUSES BE ENTITLED TO INHERIT THE SPOUSAL RIGHT OF ELECTION? WHY JASMINE PILCHARD-GOSNELL SHOULD INHERIT FROM PAUL WALKER’S ESTATE
Paul Walker, the actor, died on November 30, 2013 in a fiery…
MEDICALLY INDUCED PURGATORY AVOIDANCE; WHAT IS A LIVING WILL HEALTH CARE PROXY AND WHY WE NEED IT? CASE OF ARIEL SHARON
A living will is a legal instrument directing what life saving measures…
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE WITHOUT ANY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS OR WILL? YOUR BODY GETS ACCIDENTALLY DONATED TO THE SCIENCES; ESTATE OF LEONARD MELFI V. MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
Yes you read that correctly. When famous playwright Leonard Melfi passed away in his…
PLANNING YOUR NY ESTATE IN 2014: WHAT IS THE NYS LEGISLATURE TRYING TO GIVE YOU FOR THE HOLIDAYS? THE GIFT OF ESTATE TAX EXEMPTION, $5 MILLION DOLLARS OF IT.
So the economy is weaker than expected, job growth is stagnant and…
WHO IS ERIC NEWMAN AND WHY IS IT BAD TO DIE WITH A $60 MILLION RARE COIN COLLECTION IN YOUR ESTATE?
Mainly there are two types of assets in an estate, liquid assets…
CAN I WRITE A WILL AND PLAN MY OWN ESTATE? NOT IF YOU WANT IT DONE PROPERLY, ESTATE OF HOLMES
Each year in this country 30,000 Americans are critically injured and an…
A WORD TO THE WISE; WHAT IS AN EXECUTOR AND WHAT POWERS DO THEY HAVE? A GUIDE FOR NOMINATING AN EXECUTOR, ESTATE OF FROMELIUS
As a New York estate lawyer I am often surprised by how…