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Ademption
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Ademption of Gifts of Partnership Shares; Executor Removal
Harmish Mehta (Radcliffe Chambers) and Daniel Burton (Radcliffe Chambers) recently published, Ademption of Gifts of Partnership Shares; Executor Removal, 2024. Provided below is an Abstract: In Lane v Lane the…
Elder Law Issues
Ademption: Sale of Stock Defeats Inheritance
A will (or trust) often leaves specific items — like stock — to named individuals. But what happens when that specific item no longer exists at the death of…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Specific Property Devised in Will (or Trust) That Doesn’t Exist At Death – What Happens?
OverviewThe distribution of property in accordance with a decedent’s will or trust can be a straightforward matter, or it can prove to be a trying event for the family. But,…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Ademption Results from Attorney-in-Fact’s Sale of Specifically Bequeathed Asset
In Matter of Conklin, 2015 NY Slip Op 25094 (Sur Ct, Nassau County 2015), the Nassau County Surrogate’s Court addressed, among other things, whether specifically bequeathed property sold by an…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Ademption & Equitable Conversion
The testator executed a will devising a home to Beneficiary. Later, the testator entered into a contract to sell the home to Purchasers. The testator died before the closing. The…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Ademption from Sale of Real Property
Testator’s will devised rental property one-half to her children and one-half to her stepdaughter. Testator made her daughter her attorney-in-fact under a durable power of attorney. Testator was resident in…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Recent Articles
The following list of recent articles is from my column, Keeping Current--Probate which will appear in the May/June 2005 issue of Probate & Property magazine. I thought you might enjoy…