My question is how to sale real estate property in New York that is in my grandparents name who passed in 1983 and 1986?

Your mother or aunt must file an administration petition in the Surrogate's Court in the county where the house sits in order to determine...

I am planning on getting married to my finance and she would like me to sign a prenuptial agreement

First, congrats on your upcoming wedding. An important part on whether a prenup will be upheld in the event of litigation is whether each party has...

It is also a reason why you should either file the Will with the court in advance or leave it with the drafting attorney for safekeeping.

If your father left you money in a trust, then a court is usually not involved unless you need to have the trustee removed and there are various...

No, if all beneficiaries agree, an informal accounting can be prepared instead of one that needs to be submitted the Surrogate's Court. Good luck!

Yes, an administrator position is considered a job wherein you can get paid based upon how much property you handle but you are not obligated to do...

The husband of the executor should not be allowed to participate in such discussions and the executor should tell him to stop doing so. He is...

The executor has a fiduciary duty to sell the property at fair market value and selling it to a friend on a sweetheart deal does not fulfill that...

Executor Commission in NY stated in the Will

The statute sets the floor on how much commission executors can make based on the type of asset being disposed, the amount in the estate, and other...

Is a mortgage a debt of an estate?

Someone always needs to pay the mortgage. If the executor has a life estate then the executor will need to pay or the house will need to be sold...