Attorney-drafter brought a construction proceeding to have the court authorize making gifts under the will to two substitute Jewish charities in the place of Graenum Berger a charitable organization named...
Surrogate Margarita Lopez Torres recently ruled in a Kings County Surrogate’s Court matter that an attorney’s refusal to sign a substitution of attorney stipulation was a “futile and disturbing attempt...
Fiduciary Ordered to Repay Excess Legal Fees and Commissions with Interest New York County Surrogate Rita Mella recently issued a decision ruling that an estate fiduciary must refund any amount in...
A Trustee wanted to take personal distributions from a trust that she would have been allowed if not for the fact that he was also the sole trustee of the...
Bronx County Surrogate Nelida Malave-Gonzalez recently granted a summary judgment motion by an Executor seeking dismissal of objections by decedent’s mother and brother in a proceeding seeking to lift restrictions...