Contesting a Will in Connecticut: Part 3 of 4 (Failure to Meet Statutory Requirements)
This is Part 3 of 4 in a series of posts that will address will contests. These posts will focus on Connecticut law, however similar issues arise in New York and elsewhere. Click for Part 1 (discussing undue influence) and Part 2 (lack of testamentary capacity)....
Contesting a Will in Connecticut: Part 2 of 4 (Testator’s Lack of Requisite Capacity)
This is Part 2 of 4 in a series of posts that will address will contests. These posts will focus on Connecticut law, however similar issues arise under New York law and elsewhere. Part 1 addressed will contests based on undue influence. The issue of testamentary...
Contesting a Will in Connecticut: Part 1 of 4 (Undue Influence)
This is Part 1 of 4 in a series of posts that will address will contests. These posts will focus on Connecticut law, however similar issues arise in New York and elsewhere. Our firm receives many inquiries from individuals who believe that a decedent’s will is invalid...
Basic Considerations Related to Rescission of an Insurance Policy
The importance of accurately completing an insurance application is often overlooked by business owners and risk managers. But inaccurate or incomplete responses are fraught with risk that may result in no coverage at all, based on rescission of coverage by an...
Founders Agreements: the Basics
Start-up businesses and their founders often pay too little attention to agreements about how the business will operate and how founders will go into business and operate together, and eventually terminate the business relationship. This often proves to be a big...
Understanding the Insurance Appraisal Process
Most homeowners policies include “appraisal” provisions that can be triggered by either the insured or insurer where these parties are unable to agree on the amount of a loss. Generally, an insurance appraisal is considered a type of “alternative dispute resolution”...
Avoid Headaches Over Employee Misclassification
One of the regulatory and compliance traps faced by unwary small business owners is misclassification of workers. This issue is of keen interest to the state and federal government, not only because workers can lose out on employee protections such as minimum wage,...
When There is No Will: Intestacy in New York and Connecticut
Statutes in New York or Connecticut (and other states) determine the distribution of an estate when a deceased person did not leave a will. Here is a summary: Connecticut Following are the intestacy rules that apply where the decedent is survived by a spouse, or any...
Domesticating a Foreign Judgment Using NY CPLR 3213
New York law provides two, expedited means of domesticating a judgment obtained outside the State of New York. Both are a reflection of the basic requirement, under the full faith and credit clause of U.S. Constitution (Art. IV, §1) that the "judgment of a state court...
An Overview of the Probate Process in Connecticut
The probate process in Connecticut can be mystifying and upsetting even for those individuals involved with smaller and relatively straightforward estates. In Connecticut, the probate process is generally known as “administration.” This encompasses the formal...