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Kinship Proceedings

Introduction

If someone dies without a will (intestate), that person's intestate estate is distributed by New York's law of succession. There are a variety of problems with intestate estates, but a principal one is identifying the decedent's next of kin. Sometimes the process is quite simple, as in the case of a conventional immediate family. Sometimes it is extraordinarily complex, as it is when someone had not married and outlived most members of perhaps a very large family. Further, there are also cases of children born out of wedlock in which, among other things, proof of their paternity under New York's current arcane statute is necessary as a condition for such children claiming their inheritance.

The McCarthy Fingar Approach in Kinship Proceedings

Kinship Proceedings require special diligence in order to establish a client's entitlement. After working with a client to collect all of the facts, the lawyers in our Surrogate’s Court Litigation group will bring their many years of experience to develop a strategy on how the case should go forward. Often, our lawyers will work with a genealogist to further support a client's kinship claim.

If you think you may require the assistance of McCarthy Fingar's Surrogate’s Court Litigation group, contact Frank W. Streng by email (fstreng@mccarthyfingar.com) or by phone (914-385-1022) with any question you may have.