In a probate proceeding, the issue presented in court by the executrix is the validity of the full amount claim against the estate by the Nassau County Department of Social Services (DSS) granted by the probate court only up to the amount that would prejudice a specific bequest in favour…
On 10 May 1977, a decedent who is an attorney died. On 27 June 1977, letters of administration (estate administration) were issued to the Public Administrator, County of Nassau. He received the keys to the decedent’s residence from a Nassau County police detective on 11 May 1977 and made a…
In a pending action transferred from Supreme Court, Nassau County to Surrogate’s Court of Nassau County, defendant sought the order of quieting title in his favour and to direct the Clerk of Court of Nassau County to cancel a notice of its pendency and such other relief the court may…
In an accounting proceeding, the court is presented with the issue of determining the amount of attorney’s fees and accounting fees to be granted to be charged against the estate of the decedent. Decedent is a resident of Nassau County who left a will that was admitted for probate by…
In January 13, 2007, the father died survived by 11 children: three from the first marriage, four from the second marriage and four alleged non-marital children. The purported will was offered for probate benefits only one child from the first marriage, Angela Manning, who inherits the entire estate and named…
This is an appeal filed in the Supreme Court by a party who objected to the probate of the will of a decedent in the Surrogate Court of New York. The facts of the case state that the decedent was a resident of New York. Sometime in his life, he…
A rich man died in 1958 leaving a will and a codicil. The distributees of the properties and assets named in the instruments were his wife, two daughters as distributes and two other persons as executors. The letters testamentary were issued to the executors after the will was presented to…
The last will is accepted for probate but the co-administrator requests a decision to dismiss the objections pertaining to the account of the first daughter of the deceased. The second daughter of the deceased and her co-administrator join in their appeals of while the first daughter opposes the motions. The…
An American citizen domiciled in France died leaving behind bank accounts in New York worth less than $1,000.00, real properties worth a few hundred thousand dollars in France and almost a million dollars worth of money and personal property in Switzerland. At the time of his death he was married…
In legal action arising out of a dispute between the individual plaintiff from New York and his stepmother from Florida with regard to the ownership of corporate stock in a New York corporation, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County, and a judgment which…