by Bonnie Lawston | Feb 14, 2018 | Estate Administration
Perhaps the most common way to transfer property upon death in the State of New York is through a valid will or trust. What happens, though, if you’ve entered into a binding contract to transfer certain property to a specific beneficiary under you will, but...
by Bonnie Lawston | Mar 23, 2017 | Estate Administration, Probate Litigation
A will contest can be an expensive and time-consuming process. While the will contest is in process, beneficiaries will have no access to estate assets. Unfortunately, will contests can often be used to wrongfully gain leverage against other beneficiaries. As a...
by Bonnie Lawston | Nov 4, 2016 | undue influence
One of the more common allegations in estate litigation is the assertion that someone exerted undue influence on a decedent, either causing the decedent to transfer property before death to that person or to change a will or trust the benefit of the undue influencer....
