Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Homola
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a probate proceeding, Louis Patkos appeals from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County (Nahman, S.), dated June 20, 1995, which granted the motion of Stephanie Pilenyi to disqualify his counsel.
Ordered that the order dated June 20, 1995, is reversed, on the law, with costs payable by Stephanie Pilenyi personally, and the motion of Stephanie Pilenyi to disqualify counsel for Louis Patkos is denied.
The appellant, Louis Patkos, and the respondent, Stephanie Pilenyi, are brother and sister. After the death of their sister, the decedent Katalin T. Homola, they jointly hired an…
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