Our Probate, Estate Administration, and Litigation Blog
Handling estate matters can be difficult and personal. Mistakes are easily made, and your rights as family members can be hard to understand. Browse our blog to find recent, relevant posts that can help you understand probate, estate administration, estate litigation, Surrogate’s court, and more.
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Estate of Levity: William Shakespeare Brief story of the last wishes of Shakespeare used to demonstrate the complexities and pitfalls of vague language when used in estate planning. -
Estate of Levity: The man who left his wife one shilling Brief old time story of a husband who tries to cut his wife out of his will by leaving her a single shilling, which is used to explain the spousal elective share rules under the estate laws of New York. -
Estate of Levity: All of this will be yours - as long as you don't grow a mustache. Sometimes testators attempt to exert their influence on their heirs from the grave. -
Daniel Antonelli Receives Distinguished Service Award From Brooklyn Bar Daniel Antonelli was honored with the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award. Each year, the Association recognizes attorneys “For Outstanding Service on Behalf of the Brooklyn Legal Community.” -
Estate of Levity: Houdini’s strange last wish Brief story of the last wishes of famed Harry Houdini. -
Estate of Levity: Gene Roddenberry - Ashes to ashes and out into space Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, requested that his body be sent into space after his death. -
Estate Planning with Life Insurance - Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Discussion of the use of an irrevocable life insurance trust as an estate planning technique within the broader context of a comprehensive estate plan. -
Estate of Levity: And she was fair as is the rose in May After a 48 year tumultuous marriage to Sayde Marks, Jack Benny died in the winter of 1974. Every day from Jack’s funeral until the day she died, Sayde Marks received a single long-stemmed red rose. -
Estate of Levity: Holographic Wills George Harris was a Canadian farmer when he died in a tractor accident in 1948. When friends went back to the scene of the accident days later, they noticed some writing scratched on the fender of Harris’ tractor. -
Estate of Levity: Me and Bobby McGee Famed singer, Janis Joplin, executed a Last Will & Testament shortly before died of a drug overdose in 1970. The majority of the will is fairly normal but tucked away in the middle is a clause authorizing Joplin’s executor to spend several thousand dollars.