Legal Opinion

In re Bettie Rosen Irrevocable Trust

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 20, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding to rescind and cancel a trust, Sharon Rogoff appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County (Radigan, S.), dated June 6, 1996, as granted partial summary judgment to the petitioner.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

An ambiguous devise of the property in a will or a trust may be interpreted or construed by a court, but a missing devise cannot be inserted (see, Dreyer v Reisman, 202 NY 476; see also, Matter of Durkin, 165 Misc 366). Since the grantor had no obligation…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dreyer v. . ReismanNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  2. In re the Estate of DurkinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937

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