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Will Contest
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NY Estate Law Blogroll
Contesting a NY will? Estate of Rosenstiel
By Jason Stern
On the evening of December 5, 1975, celebrity NY estate lawyer Roy Cohn walked into the hospital room of his longtime friend, Lewis S. Rosenstiel. Rosenstiel was the founding owner of…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
No Attorneys’ Fees Awarded In Will Contest Where Case Had “Obvious Legal and Factual Weakness[es]”
By callen
In re the Estate of Connolly, No. A-3855-17T1, 2019 WL 1578804 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Apr. 12, 2019). This case involves a purported will drafted by an attorney who…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
Another Celebrity Will Contest: Tom Petty’s Estate in Litigation
Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose at age 66, on October 2, 2017. Despite having an estate plan, his widow and his daughters from a previous marriage are…
New York Probate Lawyer Blog
New York Will Contests Require Pre-Objection SCPA Witness Testimony
When a Last Will and Testament is filed with the Surrogate’s Court for probate, a number of procedural steps must be followed. The Will itself is accompanied by a Probate…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Court Holds That A Testamentary Trust Did Not Fail Because The Primary Beneficiary Predeceased The Decedent
In In re Estate of Moore, a decedent executed a will that provided that the residuary of his estate would be held in trust for his mother, and such trust…
New York Probate Lawyer Blog
Learn About Problems With Competing New York Wills
Probate in New York is the process by which a Last Will and Testament is validated by the Surrogate’s Court. When a Will is admitted to probate the provisions of…
NY Estate Law Blogroll
How to contest a NY will for forgery? Estate of John Thomas
By Jason Stern
One of the hardest parts of the NY estate law is proving a will is the product of undue influence. An even harder thing to prove under the NY estate…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on A Challenging Inheritance: The Fate of Mark Twain’s Will
Henry S. Cohn & Adam J. Tarr recently published an Article entitled, A Challenging Inheritance: The Fate of Mark Twain’s Will, 37 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 271-342 (2019). Provided below is…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
What Are No-Contest Clauses?
https://youtu.be/tSiHOzSIufA The Following is a Transcript of this Video. For More Information, CLICK HERE Hi, this is Stewart Albertson and we’re going to address an issue – the issue of…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Note on Character: The Unacknowledged Element in Shifting the Burden of Proof in a Will Contest
Elizabeth Siefker recently published a Note entitled, Character: The Unacknowledged Element in Shifting the Burden of Proof in a Will Contest, 96 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 457-482 (2019). Provided…