In re Estate of Cuticone
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding, inter alia, to approve the compromise and settlement of a wrongful death action, the appeal is from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Bloom, S.), dated July 8, 1992, as directed that the fee awarded to the guardian ad litem be paid directly from the fee awarded to the attorney representing the administratrix in the wrongful death action.
Orderéd that the decree is reversed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements, the sixth decretal paragraph of the decree is deleted, and the matter is remitted to the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re the Estate of KettleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- In re Brian X.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991