In a recent proceeding commenced by my client to appoint a successor trustee of an inter vivos trust, the Queens County Surrogate’s Court required the nomination of a specific person or entity to serve as successor. The Court declined to appoint a successor itself.
Per the note I received from the Court after submission of…
In a recent court conference in Queens County Surrogate’s Court, Surrogate Peter J. Kelly indicated that, all else being equal, he’s inclined to appoint as administrator of an estate the first to file their petition when there are multiple distributees equally entitled to letters of administration.…
When probating a will in New York County Surrogate’s Court, you’ll need to file the original will and a certified copy of the death certificate with the Probate Department. But how do you file these documents in the age of E-Filing and Covid-19?…
When probating a will in New York County Surrogate’s Court, you’ll need to file the original will and a certified copy of the death certificate with the Probate Department. But how do you file these documents in the age of E-Filing and Covid-19?
I recently E-Filed a Petition and ancillary documents in a probate proceeding…
Kings County Surrogate Harriet L. Thompson was suspended on Friday, according to the New York Law Journal.
An acting surrogate will be named to handle the caseload, Lucian Chalfe, the Director of Public Information for the New York State Unified Court System, told the Law Journal. It was not immediately clear from the Law Journal’s…
WebSurrogate, the online document retrieval service for Surrogate’s Courts, relaunched.
The website was originally launched in the spring and quickly taken offline.
According to its website, “WebSurrogate provides information on estate proceedings and other filings within New York State Surrogate’s Courts. WebSurrogate is a free service that allows you to search files, retrieve documents,…
Kings County Surrogate Harriet L. Thompson is once again issuing citations, according to an announcement from Surrogate Thompson’s chambers posted by the New York Law Journal.
The Kings County Surrogate’s Court Accounting Department also confirmed that Surrogate Thompson is once again issuing citations.…
New York County Surrogate’s Court has special requirements when probating duplicate original wills.
The proposed decree must include the text of the entire will(s). A sample decree provided to me by the New York County Surrogate’s Court looks like this:…
The Queens County Surrogate’s Court continues to require more time than usual to review submissions, advising E-Filers that it will take up to eight weeks to review documents. I recently E-Filed a Petition for Administration in Queens and received the following auto-generated email.…
Kings County Surrogate’s Court now allows attorneys to verify petitions on behalf of their clients where the client is not in the county where the attorney has their office, but the Court still requires that the petitioner sign the petition.
Pursuant to CPLR § 3020(d)(3), “if the party … is not in the county…
