In New York, partners may agree that a partner's interest will pass at death pursuant to a partnership agreement without complying with the statute of wills. The transfer operates by contract, not by testamentary disposition.
This matters because it can keep a business interest out of probate and reduce fights over whether the decedent "really meant" a post-death transfer to happen outside the will.
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- Partnerships
- Contracts
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- New York
- NY EPTL 3-3.1
- Probate
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Hani Sarji
New York lawyer who cares about people, is fascinated by technology, and is writing his next book, Estate of Confusion: New York.