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On May, 2, 2007, a decision was rendered in Penny D. Taylor v. Joseph Rosa, No. 76026-04 (Bronx Sup. 2007), significantly changing the law of Paternity By Estoppel. This noteworthy decision came less than a year after the New York State Court of Appeals holding In The...
By: Gary E. Bashian* “Before the law sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asks to gain entry into the law. But the gatekeeper says that he cannot grant him entry at the moment. The man thinks about it and then asks if he will be...
Long-recognized as a leader in Estate and Trust litigation as well as sophisticated estate and tax planning, Gary Bashian currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and he...
On September 1, 2009, significant changes to the New York law of Durable Powers of Attorney will take effect. The current statute in the General Obligations Law has a Durable Power of Attorney Statutory Short form, which has been in effect since January 1, 1997 and is...
Our office has a particular respect and appreciation for the nature of modern police and firefighting work which exposes police and firefighters to risk of physical injury on a daily basis, thereby increasing their vulnerability to physical injury or death. Our firm's...
“Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.” ― Joseph Conrad Clients often...
By: Gary E. Bashian PROBATE DECREE MUST BE VACATED BEFORE 1404 DISCOVERY CAN PROCEED. In 2008, Petitioner submitted for probate the Last Will and Testament of Decedent, which was executed in 1994. Oddly, the affidavit of attesting witnesses was not executed...
Surrogate’s Summary Judgment Roundup – Very Interesting! A Series of Recent Decisions from Surrogate’s Throughout Metropolitan New York, Further Highlight the Increased Use of Summary Judgment in the Courts. Matter of Lubin, 30 Misc. 3d 1234A [Bronx...
“INITIALLY” IT SEEMED IMPORTANT: DUE EXECUTION OF WILL DEMONSTRATED EVEN WHEN “INITIALS” AND SIGNATURE DID NOT MATCH In this contested probate proceeding, Westchester County Surrogate, Hon. Anthony A. Scarpino, found that in...
As ever growing segments of the American population transition into senior citizenship, there has been an alarming rise in what is broadly known as Elderly abuse. Neglect, financial exploitation, physical and or mental abuse, are all forms of elder mistreatment that...
