This matter deals with the last will and testament executed by the testatrix on the 26th of August, 1964. The matter is being handled by the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County. The instrument appears to be natural and leaves her entire estate to her husband. If her husband predeceases her…
This case deals with the accounting of Leif I Rubinstein as the executor of the estate of William Gillett who is deceased. The case is being held in the Surrogates Court of Suffolk County. This is an executor’s account proceeding (estate administration) where the attorney fiducia is requesting nunc pro…
This case is being heard in the Suffolk County Court. The matter at hand deals with an application made by the American Museum of Natural History. The application requests a refund of certain taxes that the museum paid under erroneous and illegal assessments that were made. The American Museum of…
The Facts of the Case: A New York Probate Lawyer said on 24 September 2008, the decedent died a resident and domiciliary of Nassau County. In November 2008, “A” filed a petition seeking a decree awarding her letters of administration. In the proceeding, “A” identified herself as the decedent’s wife.…
This is a probate proceeding involving the estate of Alexander MacLeman, deceased. The case is being heard in the Surrogate’s Court of the City of New York located in Westchester County. The probate of the estate is being contested in this case. Karen MacLeman Morgese, who is one of the…
This is a case being heard in the Surrogate’s Court of Suffolk County. The case involves the will of Madeleine Daltrolff Corya, who is deceased. The case is an accounting proceeding where the co-petitioners, the attorney – draftsman and the Bankers Trust Company have requested that the court fix and…
This matter deals with the account of proceedings of Eric P. Milgrim, the Public Administrator for Nassau County as the administrator of the estate of Nora Mabry who is deceased. The Surrogates Court of the State of New York in the county of Nassau is hearing this case. Case Background…
This is a probate proceeding that questions the will of Vito DeMarco, the deceased. The case involves the administrator of the estate, Christina Matozzo versus the Trustee of the Vito DeMarco Living Trust, Anthony DeMarco. Mr. DeMarco is seeking to declare that the trust is invalid. The case is being…
A deceased wife, who owned a property at Brooklyn, has taken sole title as an occupant by the entirety following the death of her husband. The day after the death of the wife, a woman performed a deed whereby she allegedly conveyed, as the estate administrator and titled the property…
In a probate proceeding, a New York Probate Lawyer said that the petitioner, Joanne Zaccaria, appeals from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County, denied that branch of her cross motion which was for the issuance of preliminary letters testamentary to her for the estate of…