NEW YORK ESTATES & TRUSTS

Fattore Law offers clients trial attorneys with many years of experience in successfully litigating trusts, estates, and conservatorship disputes in New York’s Surrogate Courts.

 

Our firm possesses in-depth knowledge of estate planning and administration issues, as well as the substantive law and unique procedures applicable to probate and trust disputes. That knowledge has allowed our firm to competently and successfully represent parties in a broad range of litigated estate matters including contested accountings, disputes over closely held corporations and stockholder’s agreements, competency, undue influence concerns in probate contests, discovery proceedings, simultaneous death issues, abandonment of a spouse, a spouse’s right of election, and kinship proceedings.

Estate Planning

 

Reliable Wills & Trust Representation


The estate planning services of Fattore Law can help you plan for the future, protect your assets, and ensure your beneficiaries are taken care of. Our knowledge in estate planning allows us to create comprehensive estate plans that protect assets, focus on tax minimization, and avoid costly legal proceedings for you and your family. We also work closely with highly experienced Certified Public Accountants, which makes us uniquely qualified for complex estate and trust matters.

Estate Administration

 

New York Probate


Many issues and challenges can arise after a family member passes away. In addition to dealing with their legal and financial obligations, families must manage their grief and sadness over a loss of a loved one.

 

Clients frequently express concern that probate will be time-consuming and costly, or that those in charge will not act in the best interests of the estate. However, if probate is handled properly, it can be effective, and the costs can be minimized.


Estates & Trusts Litigation

 

Representing Beneficiaries & Trustees in New York


For estate and trust litigation matters, you want aggressive and experienced representation. Fattore Law provides experienced representation for executors and beneficiaries of large estates exceeding $250,000.

 

We can provide you with sophisticated service on a variety of estate and trust litigation matters including:

Estate Claims; Enforcing Deeds; Representation of Beneficiaries; Challenging/Contesting a Will; Spousal Right of Election; Breaches of Fiduciary Duties; Removal of Fiduciaries; Contested Accountings; MHL Article 81 Adult Guardianship Proceedings; Wrongful Death/Pain and Suffering Recovery; Power of Attorney Abuse


Guardianship

 

The legal process of guardianship also known as conservatorship, grants a person the power to make personal, financial and/or health decisions for a loved one that has suffered reduced capabilities due to illness, disease, age, or disability. Typically, guardianship is awarded when an individual has lost the ability to make or communicate safe or sound decisions regarding himself/herself or their property or has become vulnerable to fraud or undue influence. An individual's rights may be diminished considerably if guardianship is established. For this reason, guardianship should only be considered after other alternatives have proven ineffective.