In re Horovitz

In a proceeding pursuant to SOFA 702 to obtain limited letters of administration, the petitioner appeals from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Torres, S.), dated June 2, 2008, which denied the petition.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In 2003 the decedent, Debra Ruth Horovitz, an American citizen residing in Israel, was killed in Israel as a result of a terrorist attack. In 2007 the petitioner, her brother, sought limited letters of administration in Surrogate’s Court in order to prosecute an action in federal court under 18 USC § 2333 (a)…