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Court Rules on Will Contest Case

The brother of the deceased contested to the validation proceeding requesting to dismiss the objections and accept the proposed evidence to probate. The will offered for proceeding claims that the estate shall be equally shared by the deceased person’s mother and brother, assigned as the executor. If either individual die…

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Court Decides Complex Estate Matter

According to reports from a surrogate’s court, a decedent was survived by his wife, and two children from a previous marriage. In his last will and testament, he had chosen his wife to act estate administrator. Upon his death, the will was submitted to probate court. The court named the…

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Court Rules on Case with Multiple Wills

The issues being raised in this estate case have two aspects. One issue talks about the objection of probate on the last will and testament of the deceased. Another issue raised on the case was whether the main executor of the will had the right to request for discovery proceeding…

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Court Rules on Complex Wills Case

A man who died in New York City was survived by two brothers. One lived in Endicott and the youngest in Pennsylvania who drove to Endicott and arrived in the evening to attend his brother’s funeral the following day. Prior to the funeral, the youngest brother suggested that arrangements be…

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Court Rules of Letters of Administration Issue

The following estate litigation was filed by the proponent. The proponent in this case is one of the three daughters of the testator. In her petition, she wanted to revoke the administration letters that were given to her sister. Because of this incident, the two sisters of the proponent had…

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Court Rules on a Will Contest Matter

According to a New York Probate Lawyer, this is a case about the estate of Bertha Weil Fitzgerald. Reports that reached his office said that the estate was left to a number of charitable institutions and couple of churches according to her will. These charities and churches are Catholic Charities…

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