Bill Text: NY A02075 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes that the beneficiaries or distributees under a will shall have a right to bring a cause of action against an attorney for the negligent administration of the estate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A02075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02075-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2075

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the estates, powers  and  trusts  law,  in  relation  to
          actions for negligent administration of an estate

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The estates, powers and trusts law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 11-3.5 to read as follows:
     3  § 11-3.5 Action by beneficiaries and distributees
     4    Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, a benefi-
     5  ciary or distributee entitled to take under a will may bring a cause  of
     6  action against the attorney who administered such will for the negligent
     7  administration thereof.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00554-01-1