This resource is published by Morgan Legal Group, a New York estate and probate practice led by attorney Russel Morgan. It exists to give Brooklyn families clear, accurate, statute-grounded answers about probate in the Kings County Surrogate’s Court. Everything here is written and reviewed with New York law — the EPTL and the SCPA — as the foundation, applied to the real-world realities of Brooklyn estates.
Attorney Russel Morgan
Russel Morgan is the founding attorney of Morgan Legal Group, admitted to practice law in New York and focused on estate planning, probate, and estate administration. His practice centers on the documents and proceedings that govern how property passes at death and incapacity: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, and the probate and administration process before New York’s Surrogate’s Courts. (Verify current bar admission and credential details directly with the firm.)
Our approach to Brooklyn estates
Brooklyn estates carry a distinct set of challenges, and our content reflects them. The borough’s appreciated brownstones and multi-family townhouses raise estate-tax and basis questions that long-time homeowners rarely anticipate. Its remarkable diversity means many estates involve heirs across other countries, foreign documents, and kinship questions decided under SCPA 2225. And the Kings County Surrogate’s Court at 2 Johnson Street is a high-volume court where filing cleanly the first time genuinely matters. We write to those realities rather than in generalities.
Why you can trust this information
The pages on this site cite the actual governing statutes — EPTL 3-2.1 for will execution, EPTL 4-1.1 for intestacy, SCPA 1402 for probate petitions, SCPA 2307 for executor commissions, SCPA 2402 for filing fees — paired with plain-English explanations. We flag figures that change annually (such as estate-tax exemptions) as items to verify, rather than presenting stale numbers as current. Content is informational and reviewed by a New York-licensed attorney.
Entity and network
Morgan Legal Group maintains a consistent professional identity across its New York estate-law resources. For the firm’s primary presence and verified profiles, see morganlegalny.com. This site is one of the firm’s location-focused resources, dedicated specifically to Brooklyn and the Kings County Surrogate’s Court.
Service area
We serve clients throughout Brooklyn — Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Flatbush, Brooklyn Heights, and every neighborhood in Kings County — whose estates are handled by the Kings County Surrogate’s Court at 2 Johnson Street under SCPA 205’s domicile rule.
Editorial standard
The information here is general legal information, not legal advice for your specific situation, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice tailored to your estate, speak with a New York attorney directly.
Talk with Russel Morgan
To discuss your Brooklyn estate or estate plan, book a 30-minute consultation with Russel Morgan. Learn more about how matters proceed on the Brooklyn probate process page and the Kings County Surrogate’s Court page.