File an application for letters of administration . You may be able to find the proper forms online, but you'll likely have to file them in person at a probate court.
Assuming all the relevant documents have been filed, on average, it takes 3 to 6 weeks to receive a letter of administration in New York. If someone is contesting your right to administer the estate, this process could take years. Due to some recent budget cuts and other delays, wait times have slightly increased.
If you live in NYC or the surrounding counties listed below, it is necessary that you personally appear in Court to file your Letters of Administration request. If you live outside of NYC, you have the option to call the Court or electronically file your Letters of Administration request.
First, the debtor must send an authenticated demand to the secured party. The demand should be sent to the name/address of the secured party as indicated on the financing statement. The secured party has 20 days to either terminate the filing or send a termination statement to the debtor that the debtor can then file.
To obtain a letter of testamentary in New York, you will first need to file a petition for probate to the Surrogate's Court in the county where the deceased resided.
Letters of Administration will need to be obtained which requires filing a petition and many other documents with the Court. The petition for Letters of Administration is filed in the Surrogate's Court in the county where the decedent lived.
You don't need an attorney to file a Motion for Contempt, but it is a good idea to have one. If you decide to represent yourself, you can go to the courthouse that made the order and ask for help at the Court Service Center.
Except as provided in subdivisions (2), (3) and (4), punishment for a contempt, specified in section seven hundred fifty, may be by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding thirty days, in the jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both, in the discretion of the court.
To file a motion for contempt in New York, certain criteria must be met. There must be an existing order of the court that is clear and unambiguous, and the accused must be proven to have known about this order and willfully disobeyed it.
To file a motion for contempt in New York, certain criteria must be met. There must be an existing order of the court that is clear and unambiguous, and the accused must be proven to have known about this order and willfully disobeyed it.