Erie County, NY Wills & Probate Lawyers

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Ambar Bhargava

Wills, Family Law, Corporate, Personal Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           

Thomas F. Hewner

Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Corporate, Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  45 Years

Keith B. Schulefand

Farms, Wills, Family Law, Divorce
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  36 Years

Stephen E. Cavanaugh

Corporate, Estate Planning, Wills
Status:  In Good Standing           

Jennifer P. Stergion

Administrative Law, Divorce, Wills & Probate, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           

Charles E. Milch

Estate Administration, Trusts, Gift Taxation, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           

Thomas Denny

Foreclosure, Wills & Probate, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy & Debt
Status:  In Good Standing           

Kenneth David Suzan

Entertainment, Wills & Probate, Intellectual Property
Status:  In Good Standing           

Joseph M. Mordino

Criminal, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  54 Years

Michael Timothy Dwan

DUI-DWI, Traffic, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           

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LEGAL TERMS

TITLE COMPANY

A company that issues title insurance.

QDOT TRUST

A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spo... (more...)
A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spouse. QDOT stands for qualified domestic trust.

CREDIT SHELTER TRUST

See AB trust.

INTESTATE SUCCESSION

The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest s... (more...)
The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse, children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and next of kin inherit, in that order.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

CONSERVATOR

Someone appointed by a judge to oversee the affairs of an incapacitated person. A conservator who manages financial affairs is often called a 'conservator of th... (more...)
Someone appointed by a judge to oversee the affairs of an incapacitated person. A conservator who manages financial affairs is often called a 'conservator of the estate.' One who takes care of personal matters, such as healthcare and living arrangements, is known as a 'conservator of the person.' Sometimes, one conservator is appointed to handle all these tasks. Depending on where you live, a conservator may also be called a guardian, committee or curator.

DEATH TAXES

Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who... (more...)
Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who inherit property.

DEED OF TRUST

See trust deed.

GROSS ESTATE

For federal estate tax filing purposes, the total of all property owned at death, without regard to any debts or liens against the property or the costs of prob... (more...)
For federal estate tax filing purposes, the total of all property owned at death, without regard to any debts or liens against the property or the costs of probate. Taxes are due only on the value of the property the person actually owned (the net estate) plus the amount of any taxable gifts made during life. In a few states, the gross estate is used when computing attorney fees for probating estates; the lawyer gets a percentage of the gross estate.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Matter of Colverd

... Spain, J. 972 Decedent died in 2000. Thereafter, petitioner—decedent's unmarried companion of nearly 30 years—commenced this proceeding in Surrogate's Court, as named executor, seeking probate of decedent's will. Three ...

MTR OF AMERICAN COMM. v. Dunn

... This appeal requires us to determine the standard applicable to a petition to vacate a probate decree brought by a nonparty to an initial probate proceeding and based upon "newlydiscovered evidence," which allegedly demonstrates that a probated will was procured through ...

Matter of Paigo

... Decedent died in June 2006 and petitioner sought to probate the will. ... Petitioner then moved for summary judgment 838 seeking dismissal of the objections and admitting the will to probate. Concluding that issues of fact existed, Surrogate's Court denied the motion. ...