Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Van Cleaf
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 13, 1973PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
S. Samuel Di Falco, S.
In this accounting proceeding the petitioning trustee requests the court to construe the decedent’s will in order to determine the disposition of the trust remainder.
Decedent bequeathed his residuary estate in trust and directed the trustee to divide it into two parts: two thirds in trust for his wife, Mary E. Van Cleaf, and one third in trust for his son, John C. Van Cleaf. The will further provides:
"As to the two-thirds share set apart for my said wife, to pay the income therefrom to her during her life and upon her death to my said son John C. Van Cleaf, Jr. Upon the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Baer v. HendricksNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In re HornidgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re Will of LarkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of CaseyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1990