Bill Text: NY A10357 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to attorney requirements regarding revocable trusts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-19 - signed chap.262 [A10357 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10357-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10357
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 23, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMOTAS, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  attor-
          ney requirements regarding revocable trusts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 4503 of the civil  practice  law
     2  and rules is amended to read as follows:
     3    (b)  Wills  and revocable trusts. In any action involving the probate,
     4  validity or construction of a will or,  after  the  grantor's  death,  a
     5  revocable  trust,  an  attorney  or  his  employee  shall be required to
     6  disclose information as to the preparation, execution or  revocation  of
     7  any  will,  revocable  trust, or other relevant instrument, but he shall
     8  not be allowed to disclose any communication privileged  under  subdivi-
     9  sion (a) which would tend to disgrace the memory of the decedent.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15472-01-6