Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of McDonnell

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

Decided October 25, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In a probate proceeding, the petitioner appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County (Radigan, S.), dated January 27, 1999, as reduced her executor’s commission in light of her failure to comply with SCPA 2307-a.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

SCPA 2307-a provides, inter alia, that an attorney who *558prepares a will “to be proved in the courts of this state”, and who is also named therein as an executor, must make certain disclosures to the testator before the execution of the will…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of WeinstockNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of WagonerNew York Surrogate's Court · 2005

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