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Estate Administration

NY Wills — Why you need one and the Role of an Executor

A will is one of the basic doc­u­ments that you will need for your estate plan­ning. If you die with­out a will, New York State Intes­tacy laws will dic­tate the how your estate shall be dis­trib­uted in addi­tion to the method of mak­ing such a dis­tri­b­u­tion.   This can have dra­matic con­se­quences.
A will allows you […]

New York Questionnaire for the Administration of an Estate

Once a fam­ily mem­ber or friend dies, the admin­is­tra­tion process of the estate begins.  Here are some basic ques­tions that should be answered before going to your attorney’s office:

Pro­vide the date of the will and check to see if there are any cod­i­cils to the will.
What state was the will drafted?
The names and addresses of executors […]

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