New York Surrogates Court Procedures Act allows an attorney to be named an Executor of a client's Will. See SCPA 2307-a. Your Executor is the person who will be responsible for administering your estate through the complexities of the probate process. Therefore, you want a person who is financially responsible, stable, and trustworthy. Sometimes the best person for this most important function is your attorney. Your Executor will be responsible for collecting the assets of the estate, protecting the estate property, preparing an inventory of assets, paying valid claims against the estate, representing the estate in claims against others, and distributing the assets of the estate to the beneficiaries.

Bronx probate lawyer will help you gather and protect assets of the estate and distribute the assets to estate beneficiaries. Call Bronx probate lawyer Bryan J. Hutchinson at (718) 671-0900 for a confidential consultation.