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What is the name of your state? NY/Florida The deceased lived in NY, but had a house in Florida. How will the Florida lawyer be compensated for filing probate.?

What is the name of your state? New York Is a widow entitled to any assets of the deceased that were acquired prior to the marriage and maintained under sole ownership during the marriage?

A widow remarries. There is no will. There are no children from this second marriage. The second husband dies. His parents are no longer alive. Are his siblings entitled to anything? Are the children from the surviving spouse's first marriage entitled to anything?

What is the name of your state?Ny Would a lawyer handling an ancillary probate require as much time as does the attorney handling the primary probate? Does the ancillary lawyer have fewer bases to cover? If it matters, the only property in the ancillary state is a house.

What is the name of your state?ny In the jargon used in this forum what is an OP?

What is the name of your state?NY Under what conditions would the Federal government put a freeze on account which an executor wants to close out? Does the bank as a matter of course report such withdrawals to the Feds?

What is the name of your state?NY I have read that when a beneficiary of a deceased wants to withdraw money from a POD account the government can freeze the account until it is satisfied that there will be enough money in the estate to pay taxes. Can anyone expand on that?

What is the name of your state?NY If a POD account was held by the deceased and one of the beneficiaries does that money go into the pot to be distributed with other named beneficiaries?

What is the name of your state?NY Is it enough to have the disclaimer of an inheritance sign the document and hand it over to the executor, or should it be witnessed and notarized. In this instance a wife is the disclaimer of the inheritance she would be entitled to. The deceased's family...

What is the name of your state?NY When the deceased was single he wrote a will leaving his assets to his brothers and sisters. He then married and never changed the will. Do the provisions of the will still hold?