Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Luber
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 20, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bertram R. Gelfand, J.
In this accounting proceeding, alleged siblings and issue of a predeceased sibling filed objections to the account of the Public Administrator in which they contended that the entire estate should be distributed to them as decedent’s distributees. A kinship hearing was held. The proof adduced established that objectants were related to the decedent as alleged. However, the proof also indicated that decedent may have been survived by a nonmarital son in his native Germany and that a court in that jurisdiction had adjudicated him to be the father of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lalli v. LalliSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Olmsted v. OlmstedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Miller v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Olmsted v. . OlmstedNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- In re the Estate of OrtizNew York Surrogate's Court · 1969
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3Cited by3 opinions
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