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.

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

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 ...

Divorce is, at its core, a legal remedy for a deeply human failure, and its consequences are rarely confined to the parties ...

Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, died in November 2020 at age 46 with an estimated $500 million fortune and no documented estate plan. He had no spouse and no children. His estate was on track to ...

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