Probate and Estate Administration
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When a loved one dies, it is often a very difficult time emotionally for family and friends as they try to cope with the loss.
It can be compounded by the uncertainty and duties of properly settling a loved one’s estate or trust. We can assist you in handling the following:
- Determining whether a probate or administrative proceeding will need to be brought in Surrogate’s Court.
- Tracking the important deadlines that will need to be met.
- Carrying out the terms of the decedent’s will and or trust and distributing assets accordingly.
- Paying off the decedent’s debt, or negotiating with creditors if there are not sufficient assets to pay off all debt.
- Preparing and filing income tax returns for the decedent and the estate or trust.
- Preparing and filing estate tax returns.
- Completing an accounting of the estate or trust, and if necessary judicially settling the accounting.
As executor or administrator of an estate, or as trustee of a trust, you have a fiduciary responsibility under New York law to properly administer the estate or trust and to care for and to protect the assets that you are responsible for. We can advise you on how the estate or trust should be administered so that your potential liability in acting as executor, administrator or trustee is reduced and/or eliminated.
For More Information: please call us at (585) 325-7515 or Submit a Confidential Form Request