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New York Estate & Probate Attorney Law Office of Bonnie Lawston

by Bonnie Lawston | Dec 21, 2020 | Estate & Probate Attorney New York, Law Offices of Bonnie Lawston

We can help you serve the estate and maximize your inheritance taking advantage of our expertise, avoiding pitfalls that estates fall into and taking advantage of all the tax laws and the applications of the tax laws to maximize the estate. Our firm has been dedicated...

How do I administer a loved one’s estate ? In two minutes or less…..

by Bonnie Lawston | Apr 10, 2020 | Estate Administration

To administer your loved one’s estate depends on several factors. First you must determine if your loved one executed a valid Last Will and Testament or died without a Will. A list of assets need to be made and evaluated to determine the type of assets that your loved...

Surrogate Court Gives Lifetime Promise Priority Over Will

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...

Keeping Your Ex Spouse from Being Administrator of Your Estate

by Bonnie Lawston | Dec 19, 2017 | Estate Administration

In most situations, the last person you would want to give the authority to administer your estate would be a former spouse. In fact, to avoid such a contingency, it’s a fairly common practice for parties to a divorce to include language in the divorce decree...

What Happens If You Can’t Locate a Will?

by Bonnie Lawston | Aug 11, 2017 | Is your Will Lost?

So you spend the time and money to carefully plan out your estate and you prepare and execute a will that ensures that your property goes exactly where you want it to. Once you’ve made it official, you put the original copy of your last will and testament with...
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