Understand the Interests of Estate Distributees

In New York, "distributees" are persons who are designated by law as having the primary right to receive a decedent's estate in the case of intestacy - i.e. where a person dies without a Will.

When a person dies without a Will, his or her distributees (next of kin) inherit as the statutes provide.  Generally, the order of priority is the spouse and children, parents and brothers and sisters.

The identity of distributees is also important in other types of proceedings such as probate.  New York laws and procedures require that a decedent's distributees be provided with notice of a probate proceeding and given the opportunity to contest the decedent's Will.

The rules of kinship and the determination of distributees, along with the protection of distributees' interests, can be complex.

I have many years of experience advising clients concerning estate distributees and working with estate distributees to protect and advance their interests.

I have been practicing law for 30 years. I graduated in the top 10% of my class at The New England School of Law in Boston and served on the Law Review. I'm committed to the success of my clients and the resolution of all estate issues that may effect them.

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