In re the Accounting of Best

Frankenthaler, S.

Four distributees of this estate, nationals of the Soviet Union, have petitioned the court for payment of their shares through a duly appointed attorney in fact. Whether payment is to be made directly to the distributees or to the city treasury, pursuant to section 269 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, depends upon the capacity of the petitioners to receive and use the funds transmitted (Matter of Yee Yoke Ban, 200 Misc. -). While it had previously been held that Bussian nationals were in a position to enjoy the benefit of their distributive shares (e.g., Matter of Alexandroff,…