Contact the Best Family Law Attorney

If you're thinking of meeting with a Staten Island family law lawyer, this is a comprehensive list of everything you might need

1. Information about your marital status:
All marriage information (past and present).

2. Personal information about you and your spouse:
Full names and dates of birth of all your children (natural and adopted).
Full legal names and contact information.
Date and place of births.

3. Summary of your assets:

You need to tell your Staten Island family law lawyer the location of safety deposit box and important papers.

You need to tell your family law lawyer the Location of cash, bank accounts, securities, deeds, etc., with account numbers.

4. Summary of debts

You need to tell your family law lawyer about any any debts, such as loans, guarantees, promissory notes, mortgages, and amount owed and to whom (include held by you for others).

5. Outline of legacies and legatees.

Do you have alternative legatees (beneficiaries) in case designated legatees predecease you or cannot be located?

To whom do you want specific bequests to go and the details of each bequest?

Who are important persons or organizations in your life and why?

In the event that you and your spouse (and/or children) are killed in a common disaster (e.g. auto or plane crash), how do you want your estate to be distributed?

Do you have minor children or disabled children? At what age do you want your children to have access to their bequest?

Do you have any forced heirs (children who have not attained age 24 or are not physically or mentally capable of caring for their estates)?

Have you considered setting up a testamentary trust to have some or all of your assets in your estate managed on your death on behalf of your spouse, children or other persons?


Eric Gansberg is a family law attorneyis located on Staten Island, New York, and represents men and women with divorce, child support and family law throughout the New York City area, including Staten Island, Annadale, Arden Heights, Bay Terrace, Dongan Hills, Eltingville, Emerson Hill, Fort Wadsworth, Graniteville, Grant City, Grasmere, Great Kills, Greenridge, Grymes Hill, Heartland Village, Huguenot, Lighthouse Hill, Midland Beach, New Dorp, New Springville, Oakwood, Old Town NY, Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Randall Manor, Richmond Valley Richmondtown, Rosebank, Rossville, Shore Acres, Silver Lake, South Beach, St. George, Tottenville Beach, Ward Hill, Westerleigh, Willowbrook, Woodrow, other areas of Staten Island, New York City, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Long Island, Suffolk County, Nassau County, Westchester County, and Rockland County.