Articles Posted in Legal Heirs

The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York has upheld a Social Security Administration (SSA) decision that children born after the death of their father are not entitled to Social Security survivor benefits. The Court affirmed the agency’s decision, ruling that under the provisions of New York’s Estates, Powers and Trusts…

In her will, Bronx widow Ellen Frey-Wouters left $300,000 to Troy and Tiger, her two cats. Her will instructed the money be used to make sure they would “never be caged” and always be lovingly cared for. The New York Post quotes Dahlia Grizzleto, a former health aide Frey-Wouters and now caretaker of the cats…

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

Whether a family member dies with or without a Last Will & Testament, all interested parties must be located and notified of the decedent’s passing.Interested parties consist of all the heirs named in the Will or all distributees of the Estate. A distributee is a family member of the deceased who would inherit if there…

On 9th October 2016, District Attorney of Brooklyn Ken Thompson lost his fight with cancer, leaving behind his mother, wife Lu-Shawn and two children. According to an article in the New York Post on January 11, 2017, Thompson’s mother has claimed that her deceased son’s wife destroyed his first Will- in which he had conveyed…