Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Cunanan
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 13, 1983PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bernard L. Reagan, S.
The decedents, Dr. Jose F. Cunanan, husband, and Dr. Evelyn P. Cunanan, wife, died testate residents of the Town of Pompey, County of Onondaga, State of New York, on January 9, 1982. The Cunanans’ three minor and unmarried daughters — Jocelyn, age 18, Jacqueline, age 16, and Josephine, age 14, died intestate on January 9, 1982.
All five Cunanans died in a “common disaster”, the result of a tragic house fire.
Dr. Jose F. Cunanan left him surviving five brothers and sisters, namely, Rafael F. Cunanan, brother; Priscila Cunanan Bautista, sister; Lydia…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Ward v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In Re the Will of FowlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Bierbrauer v. MoranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- In re the Estate of KosekNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Amex Assurance Co. v. CaripidesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- In re the Estate of CunananAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984