At the recent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA), held at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights on Jan. 30, members were treated to an enlightening presentation ...

For many families, the administration of a decedent's estate proceeds quietly and efficiently. Assets are gathered, debts are paid and property is distributed according to a Last Will and Testament or ...

Inheritance Funding reports probate is a court-managed process for settling a deceased person's estate, confirming wills, and ...

Objectants to an instrument purporting to be decedent's will moved for summary judgment dismissing decedent's son's petition for probate in this contested probate proceeding alleging duress. Proponent ...

Olga Demina / Getty Images When a person dies, his or her relatives often rush to pay that person’s credit cards and other bills. Bad idea. In some circumstances, a bill may never have to be paid.