Legal Opinion
In re Public Administrator
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 28, 2014PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Margarita Lopez Torres, J.
This case presents a singular situation in which a public administrator of one county, in this case Richmond, proceeded to obtain letters of administration with knowledge that another public administrator in another county had already been duly appointed to act as fiduciary of an estate.
The decedent, Palma Bonora, died on July 12, 2013. Subsequently, on December 6, 2013, this court issued temporary letters of administration to the Kings County Public Administrator (the KCPA). Thereafter, on December 16, 2013, the KCPA received full letters of…
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