Trusts and Estates
A SAMPLING OF “TRUSTS AND ESTATES” ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE NEW YORK APPELLATE DIGEST SEARCHABLE DATABASE
TRUSTS AND ESTATES issues in this database include (but are far from limited to):
Executors (criteria for removal, fiduciary duty, etc.);
Real Property (cotenant’s interest vest upon death, etc.);
Administrators (standing to appoint, etc.);
IRA (beneficiaries, etc.);
Parties (lawsuits, death of parties, etc.);
Promissory Estoppel;
Constructive Trust;
Fiduciary Duty;
Undue Influence;
Riggs Doctrine:
Testamentary Capacity;
Life Support;
Vegetative State;
Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act (guardians, etc.);
Representatives (lawsuits involving estates, etc.);
Disappearance;
Wrongful Death;
Lost Will;
Destroyed Will;
Execution (wills, etc.);
Captions (change upon death, etc.);
Statute of Limitations (post-death toll, etc.);
Probate;
Ancillary Proceedings;
Domiciliaries;
Letters of Administration;
Nonancillary Letters;
Presumption of Revocation;
Spousal Election;
Disinterment;
Sepulcher, Right of;
Trusts;
Final Accounting;
Judicial Settlement;
Attorney’s Fees;
Releases;
Beneficiaries;
Limited Liability Companies (death of member, etc.)
Informal Accounting;
Indenture Trustee;
Charitable Gifts;
Tenants by the Entirety;
Revocation;
Renunciation;
Gifts;
Workers’ Compensation Trust;
Will Construction;
Life Estates;
Equitable Estoppel;
Medicaid;
Fiduciary Exception;
Constructive Fraud;
Letters Testamentary;
Attestation Clause;
Ademption;
Equitable Deviation;
Estates, Powers and Trusts Law (EPTL);
Remainder Interests;
Securities, Transfer on Death;
Joint Bank Accounts;
Survivorship;
Banking Law;
Privity;
Contingent Remainder;
Conversion.