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Tag Archives: Estate Litigation
Will contests: surviving summary judgment
Surrogate Calvaruso of Monroe County issued a decision in Matter of Feller on January 4, 2010, worth reading for its succinct summary of some of the burdens of proof and presumptions that have to be overcome to survive summary judgment … Continue reading
Testamentary capacity and undue influence in criminal proceedings
Should the Brooke Astor case be a criminal proceeding, or is it better off as a routine will contest? Continue reading
Dementia and the question of testamentary capacity
The issue is the mental state at the moment the will was signed, not the testator’s overall mental decline. A diagnosis of dementia may be an important indication, but it is not necessarily conclusive. Continue reading
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Family Feud Over Estate Nears an End After 25 Years (NYTimes)
The New York Times published an interesting piece yesterday by Charles V. Bagli, Family Feud Over Estate Nears an End After 25 Years. The article begins: For nearly 30 years, Evelyn and Diana Sakow believed that their father, a small-time … Continue reading
French forced heirship law vs. New York public policy
According to a July 29, 2007, article in the New York Post: The jilted heir of storied Lazard Freres investment banker Andre Meyer, who advised Jackie Onassis, LBJ and William Paley, is making a desperate grab for his mother’s spent … Continue reading
