Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal (w/ Connected eBook) (Instant Digital Access Code Only)

Edition : 4th ed., 2023
Author(s) : Cooper

Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal (w/ Connected eBook) (Instant Digital Access Code Only)
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The new and updated 4th edition of Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal provides students, paralegals, and estate practitioners with all the information and materials needed to effectively administer an estate from beginning to end. In a readable and accessible format the text addresses such topics as basic terminology, intestate administration, probate proceedings, litigation, jurisdiction and venue, fiduciary duties and responsibilities, including accountings, trusts, and estate and fiduciary income taxes. This complete text focuses specifically on New York practice and eliminates the need for other supplements. Enhanced by the author's extensive experience in the field of trusts and estates, the book, with its discussion of relevant case law, recent legislative changes, forms, additions to the Uniform Court Rules, including rules pertaining to e-filing, and practical and procedural guides, is an excellent instructional tool and desk reference for students, paralegals and attorneys.

New to the Fourth Edition:

Updated terms and definitions.
Recent case law
New coverage of
- proceedings to determine the validity and effect of a right of election
- duress as an objection to probate
- discussion of the virtual representation statute in accounting proceedings
- guidelines for receipts and releases as a means of settling an estate
Statutory updates, including the Child-Parent Security Act, the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act as applied to Surrogate’s Court proceedings, the attorney-client privilege and revocable trusts, and amendments to the estate tax laws.
Added chapter on Miscellaneous Proceedings, including discovery proceedings, wrongful death compromises, and the appointment of a successor trustee.
Updated instructional diagrams and examples.

Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal (w/ Connected eBook) (Instant Digital Access Code Only)

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