Yes, you can contest. Yes, it is expensive, and much of the proof burden is on you.

Maybe. Look at the deeds that followed from your mother on the title records. See how the real property was conveyed out. The estate file is in...

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Challenging the accounts as convenience accounts requires that you file a petition for that issue. Probate is a different issue.

As a child you are next of kin, and thus entitled to notice and required to consent or appear in court to object. Whether you get anything would...

If you are the next of kin, do a petition for voluntary administration at the Surrogates Court. It is $1 and meant to be done while you wait. ...

None, unless you challenge the deed in Supreme Court litigation. Move fast or else the brother may transfer it, and then the case is much harder.

Short answer is a witness cannot be a beneficiary. Long answer is you are not doing this right at all, and should really consult a lawyer.

If you and your sister are the distributees, and the will is 50/50, there is no distinction between a will and an administration. It would be...

While no one can offer real estate planning advice on valuable property on an internet chat room, you would generally keep the LLCs and just...

You only have rights if the will is not probated. Kids are not required to be left money in a will. The court date change may reflect that there...