When a person who lives in New York dies without a will, the state law of intestacy applies. This means that an administration petition must be brought and since there is no will stating the decedent’s last wishes, the law dictates who…
Once every other week I receive a phone call from a concerned party about receiving a Notice of Probate in the mail. We all know the real question that sparks this phonecall, but I’ve broken it down into five parts for…
Luckily, and unluckily for some, the state of New York has devised a law that states exactly what happens to a person’s estate when they die without a will, or intestate as we lawyers like to call it. It is…