estate administration & probate

When you’re alert, healthy and able to make your own decisions, you won’t have many concerns about your ability to manage your own finances. Conversely, if you’re incapacitated for any reason, such as an injury or illness, you won’t be able to do this. And that’s why...

When it comes to estate planning, there’s no questioning the fact that you want to make accurate and sound decisions that will benefit you and your family in the future. The problem with this is that there is nothing easy about the estate planning process. Here are...

If you will be the executor of an estate or if you are one of the beneficiaries who is waiting for the distribution of assets from the estate, you might wonder whether the estate needs to pass through the probate court in New York as part of the estate administration...

The first time you consider creating an estate plan it’s easy to lose track of your goals. Instead, you focus on one thing and one thing only: Putting the process in the past as quickly as possible. If you’re taking the time to create an estate plan, you might as well...

Despite someone taking the time and making the effort to create an estate plan or a last will, the legacy they plan may wind up undermined by challenges brought through probate court, often by family members, heirs or beneficiaries. Some people challenge estate plans...

A trust is a wonderful way to handle your assets when you’re no longer around to do it yourself. But they’re only one piece of a larger puzzle, and you’d benefit from confiding in an old estate planning standard. Only 44% of Americans have a will that will handle...