Estate Planning

The Workings of Anti-Lapse

With the help of New York’s anti-lapse statute (EPTL § 3-3.3(a)(1)), my firm was able to successfully exclude a very harmful piece of evidence in a heavily contested Will probate proceeding. Petitioner sought to probate a 33-year old Will of which she was a beneficiary. Leading up to trial, Petitioner found an audio recording of .. read more