Estate and Wills Dispute Litigation Attorneys

In New York, Surrogate’s Court is the Court which resolves disputes involving a disposition of a decedent’s property and claims against the decedent’s Estate. Normally, a decedent’s property is distributed without incident under the terms of a Will or, if there was no Will, as the law requires. Although rare, Surrogate’s Court will oversee trials and other contested hearings involving, for example, whether a Will was properly executed, or is genuine (“Will contest”), whether a particular person should inherit property, and whether an Estate representative acted properly in administering the decedent’s Estate.

Effective Surrogate’s Court practice is not for everyone. But We have highly experienced lawyers who regularly appear before the Surrogate.