In re Estate of Agioritis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBirns, J.
For the first time we are called upon to construe and apply that provision of the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law (EPTL) which provides a surviving spouse with the right to treat as a testamentary substitute money deposited in Totten trust savings bank accounts after August 31, 1966 (EPTL 5-1.1, subd [b], par [1], cl [B]).
Petitioner initiated a proceeding in the Surrogate’s Court, as the surviving spouse of the decedent Peter Agioritis, to obtain a determination as to validity and effect of her election under said EPTL 5-1.1 (subd [b], par [1], cl [B]) to take a share of his estate. Petitioner…
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