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I once worked with the family of a successful Brooklyn restaurant owner who passed away suddenly. He always told his second wife, “Don’t worry, if

When a Brooklyn family submits a parent’s will to Surrogate’s Court—only to find the deceased crossed out an estranged relative’s name with a ballpoint pen

A few months ago, a new client came into my office with his late father’s will. He’d found it in a desk drawer in his

A client recently came into my Manhattan office with a will that had just been unsealed. His mother had named him as the executor of

A client from Manhattan recently came to me with a wonderful goal: she wanted to help her grandson with the down payment on his first

A client recently came to our Manhattan office holding his late mother’s will. He was a dutiful son, named as executor, and assumed his next

A client called me last week. His mother had passed away in her Brooklyn home, and he was named as the executor in her will.

When a Manhattan family loses a parent, their first call is often to an attorney, will in hand. They assume a long, public, and costly

When a Manhattan family locates their late father’s original Last Will and Testament in a locked desk drawer, the initial feeling is usually relief. They

I’ve seen it happen more than once. A family arrives from Brooklyn with a will their father downloaded from a website for twenty dollars. He

A client came to our office recently from Brooklyn. His aunt had passed away, leaving a perfectly valid will that clearly stated her wishes. The

A client recently sat in my Manhattan office after selling the technology company he’d spent 30 years building. He wasn’t concerned about his own retirement—he

A client recently came to our Manhattan office after his father passed away. He was holding his father’s will, a simple document that left everything

Three days after a parent passes away in Brooklyn, the surviving children usually find themselves sitting around a dining room table covered in disorganized paperwork.

When a Long Island family discovers a late-in-life will amendment that drastically alters their expected inheritance, the natural grieving process abruptly stops. Suddenly, siblings are

When a Queens restaurant owner passes away suddenly without a will, the surviving family usually expects a straightforward transition of assets. The widow assumes she

A family we worked with from Manhattan faced a jarring reality as their son’s 18th birthday approached. For 17 years, they had managed his medical

When a parent suffers a severe stroke and the hospital discharge planner hands the family a list of Long Island nursing homes, the focus immediately

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When a Brooklyn family loses a parent who left behind only a simple will, they generally expect a quiet transfer of the family home and

A client once came to our office with his late mother’s will, assuming the document itself was the final word. He believed that because his

I recently spoke with the adult children of a retired executive in Manhattan. Their father, a widower known for his sharp mind and prudent financial

A Brooklyn family patriarch decides to transfer a highly appreciated multi-family property directly to his three grandchildren. His own children are highly compensated executives. They

When a parent passes away in Brooklyn leaving behind a house, investment accounts, and a lifetime of personal belongings, the nominated executor often turns to

A family in Brooklyn inherits a brownstone. Their father left a clear, well-written will, and they assume the transfer will be straightforward. They are surprised