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Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate

Remedies of Beneficiaries of Will When Executor Refuses to Carry Out Terms of Will.     (02-NOV-09)
Who Gets Estate Property When a Beneficiary Dies Before Receiving His Dhare?     (26-OCT-09)
Where Should Court Papers Authorizing the Administration of an Estate Be Filed?     (19-OCT-09)
Hiring an Attorney to Protect a Beneficiary's Interest in a Decedent's Estate.     (12-OCT-09)
Can a Felon Receive Letters of Administration of an Estate?     (05-OCT-09)
What fees may a New York lawyer charge for estate work?     (28-SEP-09)
Can a child claim pension benefits?     (21-SEP-09)
When Can A Will Be Contested?     (14-SEP-09)
When Can a Lawyer Be Discharged?     (07-SEP-09)
What Is A Remedy for Getting a Lawyer to Distribute the Proceeds of a Malpractice Suit?     (31-AUG-09)
Power of Attorney Versus Executor     (24-AUG-09)
When Can An Estate Be Disbributed to the Beneficiaries?     (17-AUG-09)
Procedure for Handling a Decedent's Financial Affairs     (10-AUG-09)
How Does One Endorse A Check Distributed From An Estate?     (03-AUG-09)
Website for deed information     (27-JUL-09)
Executors' Commissions in New York     (20-JUL-09)
Is This Lawyer Dishonest?     (13-JUL-09)
What Happens When One of Two Trustees Can No Longer Serve?     (06-JUL-09)
What Happens When A Missing Will Turns Up?     (29-JUN-09)
Preparing a Will     (22-JUN-09)
What Are the Rights of the Survivors to the Contents of the Decedent's Rented Apartment?     (15-JUN-09)
Can the Executor of a Will Ignore Its Dispositive Provisions?     (08-JUN-09)
What, if any, are the reporting requirements of a trustee of a special needs trust?     (01-JUN-09)
When Should Someone Report a Dishonest Lawyer?     (25-MAY-09)
When does real property pass outside a will?     (18-MAY-09)
When Should Someone Report A Dishonest Lawyer?     (11-MAY-09)
Is A Lawyer Needed When Foreign Relatives are Entitled to Parts of an Estate?     (04-MAY-09)
Can an "Unfair" Will Be Contested?     (27-APR-09)
Should Waiver of Citation and Consent to Probate Be Signed?     (20-APR-09)
What Is A Remedy for Getting a Lawyer to Distribute the Proceeds of a Malpractice Suit?     (13-APR-09)
What Is The Priority of a Decedent's Debts?     (06-APR-09)
Is An Heir Responsible for a Deceased Debts?     (30-MAR-09)
What Powers Does an Attorney- in-Fact Have?     (23-MAR-09)
Where An Estate Tax Return Has Been Filed, When Can the Estate Be Distributed?     (16-MAR-09)
Can Sister Act As Administrator Of Brother's Estate?     (09-MAR-09)
Tax Consequences of Selling A Home.     (02-MAR-09)
What Steps Are Necessary to Administer a Decedent's Estate Where There is No Will?     (23-FEB-09)
Does An IRA Reduce Amount Of Other Parts Of The Estate left to the IRA beneficiary?     (16-FEB-09)
Commissions And Fees Of The Executor?     (09-FEB-09)
Are Stepchildren Entitled to Any Part of the Estate of a Step Mother?     (02-FEB-09)
Is Probate Necessary When A Spouse Dies?     (26-JAN-09)
What is the Normal Legal Fee for Getting an Estate Administrator Appointed?     (19-JAN-09)
Can A Voluntary Administrator Act with Respect to Real Property?     (12-JAN-09)
Can the Executor of a Will Ignore Its Dispositive Provisions?     (05-JAN-09)
What Are the Rights of the Survivors to the Contents of the Decedent's Rented Apartment?     (29-DEC-08)
Can an "Unfair" Will Be Contested?     (22-DEC-08)
Length of Time to Probate an Uncontested Will     (15-DEC-08)
In What State Can a Will Be Probated?     (08-DEC-08)
Should Waiver of Citation and Consent to Probate Be Signed?     (01-DEC-08)
What Is the Remedy for Obtaining A Will That Is Withheld by A Widow?     (24-NOV-08)
What Happens When a Trustee Resigns His Position?     (17-NOV-08)
What Is A Remedy for Getting a Lawyer to Distribute the Proceeds of a Malpractice Suit?     (10-NOV-08)
What Is The Priority of a Decedent's Debts?     (03-NOV-08)
Tax consequences of selling a home.     (27-OCT-08)
What Happens When Nominated Executor Declines to Act?     (20-OCT-08)
Can Grandchildren Be Disinherited?     (13-OCT-08)
Does a Power of Attorney Authorize the Attorney-Agent to Sell the Principal's Personal Possesssions?     (06-OCT-08)
How Does A Spouse's Estate Get Distributed When There Was No Will?     (29-SEP-08)
What Should Be Done When Trustee Refuses to Distribute Trust to Beneficiaries     (22-SEP-08)
Procedure For Resigning As Executor     (18-AUG-08)

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