Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Clotworthy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 16, 2002PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMugglin, J.
Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Saratoga County (Seibert, Jr., S.), entered February 28, 2001, which, inter alia, directed that an annuity received by decedent under a structured settlement agreement was an asset of decedent’s estate.
On December 26, 1999, at age 20, Cyrena Clotworthy (hereinafter decedent) died in a one-car accident. The record does not resolve who was operating the vehicle, but it is undisputed that it was owned by decedent. One of the other two occupants, Randy C. Mattison, also died in the accident, survived by petitioner, his wife, and their three…
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