In re the Estate of Gottlieb

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bertram R. Gelfand, J.

In this contested accounting proceeding, objectants have moved, pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (2), to dismiss so much of the petition as specifically seeks a direction declaring null and void the designation of objectants as beneficiaries of certain series EE United States savings bonds. Movants contend that the United States Department of the Treasury Regulations governing United States savings bonds (31 CFR part 315) deprive this court of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the bonds at issue.

Movants rely on section 315.20 (a) of the regulations (31…