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Jan 07, 2026

🔑 Power of Sale vs. Specific Devise (Analyzing a 2008 NY Surrogate’s Court Decision)

Many New York wills include a broad "power of sale" clause,...

Jan 07, 2026

🔑 Executor’s Power of Sale and a Specific Devise (Analyzing a 2023 NY Surrogate’s Ct. Decision)

This post discusses a 2023 New York Surrogate’s Court decision addressing a...

Jan 04, 2026

🔑 Common Problems with Co-Executors

Naming two (or more) executors can feel like a built-in check-and-balance system. In...

Jan 04, 2026

🔑 NY: What Equitable Conversion Does Not Do

Equitable conversion is a powerful doctrine—but it is also a limited one....

Jan 04, 2026

🔑 NY: Why a Power to Sell Is Not Enough When Real Property Is to Be Sold

When a New York will contemplates the sale of real property, the difference...

Jan 03, 2026

🔑 NY: When a Will Directs a Sale, Real Property Is Converted to Personalty at Death

If a will mandates (directs) an executor to sell the decedent’s real...

Jan 02, 2026

🔑 Sample Severability Clause from a Postnuptial Agreement

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Dec 18, 2025

When Not to Publish: Writing About Law While a Case Is Still Alive

Lawyers write for many reasons: to explain doctrine, to clarify practice, to test...

Dec 13, 2025

🔑 Discovery of Tax Returns In New York Under CPLR § 3101

CPLR 3101 establishes a broad rule of disclosure in New York civil practice....

Nov 19, 2025

🔑 NY: Escheat Is Possible, Even When Decedent Dies Testate

Escheat is the mechanism by which a decedent’s property transfers to the...

Nov 17, 2025

🔑 Sample Swap Power Clause (IRC § 675(4)(C) Compliant)

A power of substitution—commonly called a “swap power”—must be held by...

Nov 15, 2025

🔑 NY POA Without Gifting Authority in Modifications: Can Agent Fund Incapacitated Principals Trust?

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🔑 Power of Sale vs. Specific Devise (Analyzing a 2008 NY Surrogate’s Court Decision)

🔑 Executor’s Power of Sale and a Specific Devise (Analyzing a 2023 NY Surrogate’s Ct. Decision)

🔑 Common Problems with Co-Executors

🔑 NY: What Equitable Conversion Does Not Do

🔑 NY: Why a Power to Sell Is Not Enough When Real Property Is to Be Sold

🔑 NY: When a Will Directs a Sale, Real Property Is Converted to Personalty at Death

🔑 Sample Severability Clause from a Postnuptial Agreement

When Not to Publish: Writing About Law While a Case Is Still Alive

🔑 Discovery of Tax Returns In New York Under CPLR § 3101

🔑 NY: Escheat Is Possible, Even When Decedent Dies Testate

🔑 Sample Swap Power Clause (IRC § 675(4)(C) Compliant)

🔑 NY POA Without Gifting Authority in Modifications: Can Agent Fund Incapacitated Principals Trust?

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