Legal Opinion
In re Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 3, 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an accounting proceeding pursuant to SCPA 2208, the petitioner appeals from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County (Signorelli, S.), dated July 6, 1989, as fixed his compensation for legal services at $4,500, directed that the balance of the funds remaining in the petitioner’s hands be distributed solely to the decedent’s *449legatees and struck out the word "or their assigns” from the sixth decretal paragraph of the proposed decree.
Ordered that the decree is modified, as a matter of discretion, by deleting the sixth decretal paragraph thereof and substituting therefor a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- In re Von HofeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- In re the estate of UryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- In re LevyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- In re the Estate of WolfAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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