International Probate of Assets

New York is the cosmopolitan city by excellence. Many foreigners own real estate in New York, even though they may have never actually resided in the United States. What happens to their assets when they die? No matter where the owner of New York property is at the time of his/her death, there must be an ancillary procedure opened at the Surrogate’s Court in order to proceed with the sale or distribution of the real estate to the decedent’s beneficiaries. We help clients with ancillary probate matters, probate litigation and will contests