Tag: Probate

  • Uniform Probate Code

    Uniform Probate Code in the United States Introduction to the Uniform Probate Code The Uniform Probate Code is a standardized legal guideline that aims to make probate faster, easier and cheaper for everyone involved. In 1969,  the Code was adopted by the National Conference of […]

  • Lusk Committee Report

    Lusk Committee’s Report in the United States On April 24, 1920, the (Lusk) committee submitted its four-volume report to the State Senate. Entitled Revolutionary Radicalism: Its History, Purpose and Tactics, the first two volumes of the report detailed the development of radical and left […]

  • Lusk Committee

    Lusk Committee in the United States Introduction to the Lusk Committee From 1919 to 1920, the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (commonly referred to as the Lusk Committee) sought to expose those organizations and individuals who allegedly posed a threat to […]

  • Department of Taxation and Finance

    Department of Taxation and Finance in the United States New York Department of Taxation and Finance The Department of Taxation and Finance administers provisions of the Tax Law (Art. 10, 10-C, and 26) that relate to taxation of estates of decedents who established life trusts to dispose […]

  • Surrogate’s Court

    Surrogate’s Court in the United States New York Surrogate’s Court Surrogate’s Court (1787+) (New York County) Certain New York County Surrogate’s Court records were located at the Historical Documents Collection, Queens College, CUNY, between the mid-1960s and the late ’80s, and after […]

  • Court of Probates

    Court of Probates in the United States New York Court of Probates (1778-1823) In New York, a Prerogative Court operated from 1686 to 1783 in the British-occupied New York City, Long Island and Staten Island during the Revolutionary War. In 1778 the State Legislature established a Court […]

  • Court of Chancery

    Court of Chancery in the United States New York Court of Chancery Between 1830 and 1847 the Court of Chancery shared with the Surrogate’s Court the power to take proof of wills when the testator or the witnesses resided out of state. After probate in chancery, a Surrogate’s Court supervised […]