NYLE Study Guide 2026

SCPA 1001 establishes a priority list for appointment as administrator: surviving spouse, children, grandchildren, father/mother, siblings, and other eligible persons.

Procedural due process applies when the government seeks to deprive an individual of a life, liberty, or property interest recognized by the Constitution or state law.

Attorney discipline in New York is administered by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in each of the four judicial departments.

New York is a 'lien theory' state. This means the mortgage instrument does not convey title to the lender. Instead, it creates a lien on the property to secure the debt, while the borrower (mortgagor) retains both legal and equitable title to the property unless and until a successful foreclosure action.

The Eleventh Amendment grants states sovereign immunity from suits brought by private parties in federal court unless the state consents or Congress validly abrogates immunity under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

EPTL 4-1.1(a)(1) provides that if the decedent is survived by a spouse and issue (descendants), the spouse receives $50,000 plus one-half of the residue, and the issue take the balance per stirpes.