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When a Manhattan family discovers their father left instructions to have his remains cryogenically frozen, the immediate aftermath rarely resembles science fiction. Instead of high-tech

A client came to my Manhattan office with a question that gets to the heart of what a legacy means. He had three adult children.

A son in Nassau County gets a call. His mother had a fall, and while she’s not seriously injured, she can no longer live alone.

A family in Brooklyn inherits a brownstone that’s been in the family for three generations. The will is twenty years old, one of the named

An executor stands in the doorway of her father’s Brooklyn brownstone for the first time since the funeral. Every room is filled with a lifetime

A client recently came to our Manhattan office with a familiar problem. Her mother had done everything right—or so she thought. Years ago, she had

A client from Brooklyn sat in my office last week with what he thought was a simple plan. “I want to give the house to

When an unmarried partner of twenty years dies suddenly in Brooklyn without a will, the surviving partner inherits exactly nothing. The next morning, the legal

When a Brooklyn family loses a parent, the grief is immediate. But when they discover that parent relied on a website to draft their estate

A client came to my Manhattan office last year with a common and frustrating story. Her uncle had passed away nearly two years prior, naming

A family in Manhattan receives a formal notice from the Surrogate’s Court—a document called a Citation. Their mother has passed away, and her will has

A client once called me, deeply distressed. His mother, a lifelong resident of Manhattan, had passed away. He was named executor in her will and

A client recently came to our Manhattan office holding a document from the Surrogate’s Court. Her husband had passed away. While she knew he had

A few years ago, a woman came into my Manhattan office with a will her late husband had downloaded from the internet. He was a

A family in Brooklyn loses its matriarch. She leaves behind a will, her three adult children, and the brownstone she owned for fifty years. The

I once met with a family whose father had just passed away in Brooklyn. He had left a meticulously drafted will, and his children thought

A client sat across from me last week with a familiar concern. “I need to get this done for my family,” he said, “but I’ve

A woman came to our Manhattan office recently, confused. Her father, a successful business owner, had died suddenly without a will. When she went to

I once met with the adult children of a client who was in a hospital here in Manhattan. Their father had suffered a severe stroke,

A client recently came into my office with a stack of papers printed from an online legal service. “I created my own will for $99,”

A client recently came to me after her mother passed away in Queens. She was named executor in the will, a role she accepted with

A few weeks ago, a client came to my office with a trust document prepared by their divorce attorney. On the surface, it seemed fine—it

I’ve sat with many families in our Manhattan office who are holding a loved one’s last will and testament. They often believe this document is

A client recently came to our Manhattan office with her father’s original will. She was named as the executor and believed this document gave her

When a Brooklyn family reads a parent’s will and discovers the eldest sibling is named executor, the initial reaction is usually a sense of honor.