Pursuant to the UPHPA, under any action to partition real property, a court is now required to determine whether the property is “heirs property,” as defined by the UPHPA. If the court determines that the property is...

The law concerning partitioning a property in New York changed as of December 2019 when New York enacted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (“UPHPA”). The UPHPA seeks to protect owners who have recently inherited...

In a recent study by the Pew Research Center, fifty-nine percent of adults between the ages of eighteen and forty-four claimed to have lived with an unmarried partner at some point in their lives.... Accordingly, it is now...

One of the most important aspects of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (the “The UPHPA”) is the determination of the value of the property at issue. Often, issues arise between the parties to the action because...

Professionals are in an especially vulnerable position because New York law prohibits them from using an entity to shield liability for their own malpractice. This policy makes accountants, lawyers, doctors, architects,...