Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New York

Re: Estates

When there is real property (i.e., dirt property) as a part of an estate, only a court located in the state of the property's location has jurisdiction regarding its disposition (assuming it was not in a trust, etc.). Therefore, if the property is the only issue, you will probably want to talk to someone in NY about opening a proceeding there.

Re: Estates

You will need to start a proceeding in the State of death (Florida) but you will need to do ancillary probate proceeding with respect to the property in New York.

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