New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Law

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The New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Law is a comprehensive New York State statute governing wills, inheritance, fiduciary duties, and the administration and distribution of estates and trusts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York State law
codified law
statute
appliesTo decedents domiciled in New York
property located in New York
citationFormat EPTL § [section number] NERFINISHED
codifiedIn New York Consolidated Laws NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enforcedBy New York Surrogate's Courts NERFINISHED
governs administration of estates
charitable trusts
decedents' estates
distribution of estates
elective share rights
fiduciary duties
inheritance
intestate succession
non‑probate transfers in certain contexts
powers of appointment
powers of fiduciaries
testamentary dispositions
trusts
wills
hasPart provisions on intestate succession
provisions on powers of appointment
provisions on trusts
provisions on wills
jurisdiction New York State NERFINISHED
language English
legalSystem common law
regulates allocation of income and principal
construction of wills
creation of express trusts
disposition of property by intestacy
formal requirements for execution of wills
lapse and anti‑lapse of testamentary gifts
powers of personal representatives
revocation of wills
rights of issue and distributees
rights of surviving spouses
trust termination
trustee duties
trustee powers
relatedTo New York Surrogate's Court Procedure Act NERFINISHED
shortName EPTL NERFINISHED
subjectArea estate law
fiduciary law
probate law
trusts and estates

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New York v. Trump Foundation civil lawsuit legalBasis New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Law
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act relatedTo New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Law
this entity surface form: Estates, Powers and Trusts Law of New York