Glassman & Brown, LLP provides legal services to both individual and corporate fiduciaries (executors, administrators and/or trustees) with respect to probate and estate and trust administration. Our experienced attorneys manage the court process and legal issues.
Our Probate, Estate and Trust Administration services include:
- Preparation and filing of all documents required to probate (prove) a Last Will and Testament in Surrogate’s Court, appoint a fiduciary and obtain Letters Testamentary
- Preparation and filing of all documents required to administer the estate of a person who died without a will in Surrogate’s Court, appoint a fiduciary and obtain Letters of Administration
- Comprehensive estate management, including filing all required Court papers, assisting in marshalling assets, resolving outstanding debts of the decedent, filing estate accountings (both formal and informal), and distributing estate proceeds to beneficiaries
- Comprehensive trust administration
- Preparation of federal and state estate tax returns
- Estate and trust litigation, if necessary, in Surrogate’s Court and Supreme Court