practice and procedure

Back Door Post Probate Will Challenge Fails On Motion

Philip Bernstein
December 25, 2008 06:56

Edward Rogowsky died in March 2001 after leaving the stock in his Brooklyn coop to his life partner of fifteen years, Peter McGarry. The decedent's will also named McGarry as his executor and made the plaintiffs -- his two sons--...Edward Rogowsky died in March 2001 after leaving the stock in his...

Back Door Post Probate Will Challenge Fails On Motion

Philip Bernstein
December 25, 2008 04:41

Edward Rogowsky died in March 2001 after leaving the stock in his Brooklyn coop to his life partner of fifteen years, Peter McGarry. The decedent's will also named McGarry as his executor and made the plaintiffs -- his two sons-- the alternate residuary beneficiaries of his will but left them...

Surrogate's Court Procedure Differers In Different Counties

Philip Bernstein
September 24, 2008 05:48

This evening your lawblogger attended a seminar in the courtroom at the Nassau County Surrogate's Court. The speakers were the clerks of the Surrogate's Courts in several Long Island counties as well as New York County. The program underscored the...This evening your lawblogger attended a seminar...

Surrogate's Court Procedure Differers In Different Counties

Philip Bernstein
September 24, 2008 05:01

This evening your lawblogger attended a seminar in the courtroom at the Nassau County Surrogate's Court. The speakers were the clerks of the Surrogate's Courts in several Long Island counties as well as New York County. The program underscored the differences between procedure in different...

Failure To Show Due Execution Of Will Leads To Denial Of Admission To Probate

Philip Bernstein
September 16, 2008 05:31

Surrogate Thomas E. Walsh II of Rockland County has denied a probate petition where the proponent was unable to establish due execution pursuant to the requirements of the Estates Powers and Trusts Law. It would seem improbable that a will...Surrogate Thomas E. Walsh II of Rockland County has...