Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Stern

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 28, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In consolidated proceedings for a trustee’s accounting and for counsel fees pursuant to SCPA 2110, the petitioners Babette S. Hecht, Benjamin M. Cardozo and Deyan R. Brashich appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County (Emanuelli, S.), dated February 23, 1995, as, inter alia, (1) vacated a settlement agreement entered into by several of the parties to the proceedings, and (2) awarded counsel fees in the net amount of only $115,000.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs payable by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. MTR. OF STORTECKY v. MazzoneNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. In re the Estate of VerplanckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. In re PhelanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. In re Von HofeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  5. In re the Estate of CamardaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pekofsky v. Estate of CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. In re the Estate of DriscollAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. In re the Estate of SzkambaraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. In re the Estate of TendlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  5. In re BrashichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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