In re the Estate of Crystal

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

In this accounting proceeding, respondent Helen Crystal moves for partial summary judgment determining that purported ££ designations of beneficiaries ” made by the decedent in certain agreements are invalid testamentary dispositions in violation of the statute of wills, and that any transfers of decedent’s assets made after his death pursuant to these agreements as well as the beneficiary designations themselves, are illusory transfers against which she has a right of election.

Respondent, alleged to be the surviving spouse of the decedent, has served and filed a notice…