By Jonathan Rikoon and Steven Olenick | September 11, 2017
Jonathan Rikoon and Steven Olenick write: Coming into money can be both a blessing and a curse. Special attention from a team of professional advisors can avoid negative consequences from the windfall. What's more, implementing a Sudden (or Substantial) Wealth Accumulation and Transmission Trust (SWATT) can mean the difference between the client enjoying lifelong comfort or ending up worse off financially than before the sudden wealth.
By Christina Jonathan and Terence E. Smolev | September 11, 2017
Christina Jonathan and Terence E. Smolev discuss the concept of dead hand control, using as an example the will of Pulitzer and Tony Award winning author and playwright Edward Albee, whose will was recently admitted to probate in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court and which directed his executors to destroy some of his works.
By Sharon L. Klein and Rebecca H. Lomazow | September 11, 2017
Sharon L. Klein and Rebecca H. Lomazow write: The 2017-18 legislative session officially opened on Jan. 4, 2017 and recessed on June 21, 2017. It is instructive to review what passed before the June recess, what failed to pass and what lies ahead when the session resumes in January 2018.
By Peter B. Skelos, Lesli P. Hiller and Robert M. Harper | September 11, 2017
Peter B. Skelos, Lesli P. Hiller and Robert M. Harper write: Email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumbler, online banking, online shopping and other forms of electronic communications comprise our digital footprint. They are seemingly ubiquitous and omnipresent in the life of our business, social, and personal affairs. But, on death, who has the right of access to a decedent's digital footprint? More importantly, what is the scope of that access? Can a fiduciary figuratively step into the decedent's shoes and gain full access to the decedent's digital assets and electronic communications?
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 8, 2017
Court Declines to Issue Letters of Administration To Hostile Parties; Issues Letters to PA
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 5, 2017
Creditor Denied Leave to Execute on Money Judgment Against Estate Without Prejudice
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 1, 2017
Court Suspends Fiduciary Without Hearing For 'Egregious' Actions, Harming Estate
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 1, 2017
Information of Case Detective's Prior Juvenile Delinquency Immaterial; Vacatur Denied
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 1, 2017
Executor Breached Duty to Reduce Tax By Failing to Timely Distribute Estate
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 29, 2017
Objectant Partially Granted Motion To Compel JPMC Bank Records
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