The New York Trusts & Estates Blog

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Highlighting Women’s History Month:… Highlighting Women’s History Month: Governor Signs Bill Directing Study of Promoting Women In Technology Careers In Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Highlighting Women’s History Month:… Highlighting Women’s History Month: Governor Signs Bill Directing Report And Recommendation Regarding Covered Benefits For Childbirth

Franke Beckett Blog

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What If Only a Copy of The Will Can Be… What If Only a Copy of The Will Can Be Found?

What Makes A “Valid” Will? What Makes A “Valid” Will?

A “Valid” Marriage for Spousal… A “Valid” Marriage for Spousal Inheritance Purposes

Aging Parents Blog

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Aging In Place: When It’s Not A Good… Aging In Place: When It’s Not A Good Plan For The Future

Siblings, Step-Siblings and Fights About… Siblings, Step-Siblings and Fights About Aging Parents

Desperation: How An Aging Parent Got His… Desperation: How An Aging Parent Got His Abusive Son Out Of His Home

Stratus Financial Partners Blog

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Isn’t Life Insurance Just Gambling? Isn’t Life Insurance Just Gambling?

How the Life Insurance Contestability… How the Life Insurance Contestability Period Works

The Accelerated Death Benefit Explained The Accelerated Death Benefit Explained

Berk Law Group Blog

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A Cautionary Tale: Estate of Rivenburg A Cautionary Tale: Estate of Rivenburg

Understanding the Difference Between… Understanding the Difference Between Fraud and Undue Influence in Estate Planning: An Arizona Perspective

Creating Video and Other Content with… Creating Video and Other Content with AI: A Comparison of InVideo, Vyond, and Canva

Steimle Birschbach Blog

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Satisfying Bequests in a Will While… Satisfying Bequests in a Will While Avoiding Probate

What is the difference between a sole… What is the difference between a sole proprietorship, a DBA and an LLC?

LAND CONTRACTS IN WISCONSIN: WHAT BUYERS… LAND CONTRACTS IN WISCONSIN: WHAT BUYERS AND SELLERS NEED TO KNOW

Royal Law Firm Blog

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Protect Your Pride: Building Communities… Protect Your Pride: Building Communities and Legacies through Business Succession Planning

DMX Knew Pain Longer Than He May Have… DMX Knew Pain Longer Than He May Have Wanted To: The Choice In Advanced Healthcare Directives

Can social responsibility equal profits?… Can social responsibility equal profits? The success of Business Corporations tells us “yes”

Adult Guardianship Law Blog

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Nassau County Motions to Settle Final… Nassau County Motions to Settle Final Report of Guardian Must be Made by Notice of Motion

Family fighting makes it hard, but not… Family fighting makes it hard, but not impossible, to be appointed guardian

‘Choosing the Place of Abode’: The… ‘Choosing the Place of Abode’: The Power to Determine Where an Incapacitated Person Lives

The Trusts & Estates Law Blog

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So, You’re the Trustee of an… So, You’re the Trustee of an Estate…Now What?

Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Sweeping… Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Sweeping Conservatorship Reform Bill

Don’t Skimp on The Facts – Failure… Don’t Skimp on The Facts – Failure of Fiduciaries to Make Full Disclosure of Matters Set Forth in an Accounting May be Considered Fraud

Life/Death/Law Blog by Liza Hanks

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Donate Your Brain to Science: The Brain… Donate Your Brain to Science: The Brain Donor Project

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Financial Elder Abuse: Easy to Miss Financial Elder Abuse: Easy to Miss

Leaving A Loving Legacy

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Skip the Politics, Save the Legacy: Your… Skip the Politics, Save the Legacy: Your Thanksgiving Conversation Guide with Aging Parents

Wishing you a wonderful end of summer  Wishing you a wonderful end of summer 

Inheritance on hold? Most Americans… Inheritance on hold? Most Americans don’t understand the time and expense of probate

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

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Louisiana lawmakers pass income and… Louisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it

Enhanced Relief and Streamlined… Enhanced Relief and Streamlined Procedures: A Review of the Final GST Exemption Allocation Relief Regulations

Novel Fiduciary Liability Risks under… Novel Fiduciary Liability Risks under the Corporate Transparency Act

Probate Iowa

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Will Contest Before Death? Not in Iowa. Will Contest Before Death? Not in Iowa.

Selling Real Estate During Probate Selling Real Estate During Probate

Do Assets with Beneficiaries Go Through… Do Assets with Beneficiaries Go Through Probate?

New York Surrogate’s Court Monitor

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Surrogate Kelly: First to File Gets… Surrogate Kelly: First to File Gets First Priority

Filing Original Will and Death… Filing Original Will and Death Certificate in New York County Surrogate's Court

Surrogate Thompson Suspended. Acting… Surrogate Thompson Suspended. Acting Surrogate to be Named: NYLJ

Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog

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Are trustees and beneficiaries of a… Are trustees and beneficiaries of a decedent's trust "interested persons" of his probate estate?

Is the appointment of a personal… Is the appointment of a personal representative a precondition to filing a rule 1.260 motion to substitute?

Constructive Trust: Remedy, Cause of… Constructive Trust: Remedy, Cause of Action, or Both?