Syracuse (Onondaga County) firm representing executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries across Central New York in the Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate and estate administration and litigates objections to a will or a trust, alongside estate planning, wills and trusts, and Medicaid trusts.

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Syracuse firm founded in 1993 to focus exclusively on estate and long-term planning, serving Onondaga, Madison, Oneida, Cortland, Oswego and Cayuga counties. Walks executors and administrators through Onondaga County Surrogate's Court — petitioning for Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, requesting Preliminary Letters for urgent tasks, small-estate voluntary administration under $50,000, and marshaling assets into an estate account. Also handles living trust administration and funding, irrevocable trusts, and Medicaid and elder-law planning.

Since 1993Serves 6 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

East Syracuse firm assisting clients in Onondaga County, the surrounding counties, and central New York with probate and estate administration: managing the decedent's assets, collecting debts, paying bills, and getting the necessary documents filed with the court. Also handles intestate estates, where state law rather than the decedent's promises controls who inherits. Its planning side is built on Medicaid, nursing-home asset protection, and supplemental needs trusts, on flat fees. Established in 1964 by Leonard C. Koldin, the former chief welfare attorney for Onondaga County.

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Syracuse firm founded in 1921 that carries an estate from the decedent's death through settlement, assisting executors and trustees with the paperwork, the family exemption and non-probate assets, and distribution. When an estate turns contested it litigates will contests on incompetence or undue influence, fiduciary removal, accounting proceedings and spousal rights claims, for Onondaga County families on either side.

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Syracuse firm on East Washington Street with a by-appointment Watertown office, serving Central and Northern New York. Walks heirs and fiduciaries through Surrogate's Court from the petition to appoint the executor through the inventory, debts, distributions, tax returns, and final accounting; administers trusts for successor trustees; and litigates objections to probate, trust-validity contests, trustee removals, and accounting proceedings. Its planning side covers elder law, Medicaid trusts and applications, dementia planning, guardianship and special-needs planning, and elder care coordination.

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Syracuse firm working with Onondaga County executors from the petition to probate a will through to final settlement in Surrogate's Court. The group marshals and disposes of estate assets, prepares estate, inheritance and fiduciary income tax returns, and represents executors and trustees before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court. It also administers life insurance, charitable and testamentary trusts, including accountings and communications with beneficiaries.

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