In this day and age are there still Will readings?
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In this day and age are there still Will readings?
Do you have to have a lawyer, get everyone together and sit down and read a will once someone passes away?
Asked on May 24, 2012 under Estate Planning, Iowa
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
No, generally speaking, you do not. Once a person passes away then the proposed executor will file a Probate Petition in to Probate Court (called Surrogate's Court in New York) and send notice (generally a Citation) and a copy of the Will to the named beneficiaries and the beneficiaries that would have been named should the decedent have died intestate (without a Will). Good luck.
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