The New York Probate Lawyer Blog has published many articles about administering a New York Estate. At the commencement of administration, an essential issue is whether a decedent had executed a Last Will and Testament, or whether he died intestate. This issue determines the type of proceeding which will be…
The commencement of a proceeding to initiate the settlement of a decedent’s estate requires a determination of the proper Court to accept the filing of papers. Upon the death of a decedent, it is first necessary to find whether the decedent had prepared a Last Will and Testament or died…
The administration of an estate in New York requires that the Court find that it has jurisdiction to consider the matter being presented to it. Whether the case involves the probate of a Last Will and Testament or the settlement of an intestate estate, the Surrogate’s Court must be satisfied…
After a person dies it is necessary to determine whether it is necessary to file a Surrogate’s Court proceeding. Such filing would be in the form of either a Probate Proceeding or an Administration Proceeding. The Surrogate’s Courts are located in the various counties in New York. For example, there…