New York Estate Planning, Probate, and Real Estate Lawyer

The investigative unit of a Detroit TV station uncovered some real shenanigans by the probate public administrator who stole people’s inheritances…legally.

In New York State, probate can take from 7-9 months. While that can seem like an eternity, in Ireland it can take up to 16 months. A recent report by the life insurance company, Royal London found crippling delays in the Irish probate process which have caused financial hardships on many families. This delay can…

Sometimes you just don’t know who a person really is until after the die. Here are some odd codicils to wills. Attorney T.M. Zink ,an Iowa lawyer who died in 1930, left his daughter only five dollars and his wife got zilch. He stipulated that the rest of his $100,000 estate be put in a…

A son suspected of stabbing to death his mother and sister at their $2 million home had been cut out of the family’s fortune just weeks earlier.The son, Joshua Cohen, 27, was arrested on Saturday after his mother Leah, 66, and sister Hannah, 33 were found murdered in their home London last Friday. Police described…

One of the most important tools in estate planning is a trust. A trust allows the settlor—or the creator of the trust—to control the distribution of his property either during his lifetime or after his death. The trustee, is tasked with holding the property for the beneficiary’s benefit and distributing that property in accordance with…

A petition for probate of actress Carrie Fisher’s will was filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and the sole beneficiary is her 24 year-old daughter Billie Lourd. Lourd is expected to receive 100 percent interest in both Carrie Fisher Properties LLC and Carrie Fisher Online LLC; a life insurance policy with Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance…

Cyril Gordon Lunn is a Nova Scotia man who made it rich in Massachusetts real estate and fled across the border back to Canada on a snowmobile to avoid criminal prosecution. In 2016, a Nova Scotia Appeals Court ruling wrote this about Cyril Gordon Lunn regarding his extradition to the U.S. on charges of bankruptcy…

Improvements in health care have contributed to a longer and healthier life. But longer life expectancy is counteracted with the problems that aging carries, especially in the health area; two of these are dementia and Alzheimer’s. Mental incapacity is becoming an increasingly cited reason for a relative being excluded from a will, so being of…

On October 10th, 2012, 32-year old Gary Walls went to the Delaware Surgical Center to get a colonoscopy. He claims in a lawsuit that after he woke up from anesthesia, he found he was wearing pink woman’s underwear. “When the plaintiff recovered from the effects of the anesthesia administered by defendants, he awoke to realize…

Former starting pitcher Livan Hernandez, who won the 1997 World Series MVP in his rookie year with the Miami Marlins filed for bankruptcy last month. According to the Miami Herald, the 42 year-old Hernandez and one time New York Met made approximately $53 million over 17 seasons in the league. Now owes roughly $1 million…