In re the Estate of Slavin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Robert L. Nahman, J.

*726Decedent, Vincent Slavin, a partner of Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, died intestate on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center. His sole distributee is his infant son, Michael Slavin. Petitioner, Mary Jelnek, is the guardian of and maternal grandmother for Michael Slavin. Respondent, Anna Baez, was the decedent’s fiancée, with whom the decedent resided for over four years immediately prior to his death.

At the time of his death, decedent had $656,533.42 in three bank accounts at JP Morgan Chase Bank at the World Trade Center: checking account No.…