Accounting

Remainder Beneficiaries of a Revocable Trust May Lack Standing to Seek a Trust Accounting for the Period Prior to the Grantor's DeathTestator Intent and In Terrorem Clauses

Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Case Settled

Articles

Unsealing Adoption Records

Construction of Wills and Trusts

Third Department Examines In Terrorem ClauseTestator Intent and In Terrorem Clauses

Evidence

Does Counsel Have a Duty to Disclose to a Surrogate's Court the Fact That Hearing Evidence That Counsel Proffers Has Been Generated by Artificial Intelligence?The Case Settled

Fiduciaries

SCPA 2103 Proceedings – A Fiduciary’s Right to Commence a Licensed Fishing ExpeditionAppellate Division Addresses the Removal of a Fiduciary

Guardianship

Invalidating Legal Documents and Transactions in Article 81 Guardianship ProceedingsAbuse of Powers of Attorney

in terrorem clause

Lengthy Opinion Delivered Regarding In Terrorem Clause

Intestacy

Father Disqualified as Child’s Intestate Distributee for Failure to Support

Legal Profession

New York Trusts and Estates Legislative Developments of Which to be Aware in 2026 and BeyondThe Case Settled

Mediation

The Case Settled

Probate

Undue Influence Objections in Will ContestsWill New York Law Allow for the Electronic Execution of Wills?

Right of Election

THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE IN ABANDONMENT PROCEEDINGSWrongdoer Deprived of Elective Share

Settlement

Creative Writing: Reforming Wills and Trusts to Achieve SettlementsThe Case Settled

Trusts

Lengthy Opinion Delivered Regarding In Terrorem ClauseThird Department Examines In Terrorem Clause

Uncategorized

Nick Reiner’s Criminal Case – Which Arises Following the Deaths of His Parents Rob and Michele Reiner – Puts California’s Slayer Statute in the Spotlight and Begs the Question: Does New York Have a Slayer Statute?In New York, Are a Decedent’s Survivors Entitled to See the Decedent's Electronic Communications After the Decedent Dies?