Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Rosenberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 11, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarpinello, J.
Appeal from that part of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Schenectady County (Kramer, S.), entered June 27, 2002, which denied certain commissions and counsel fees.
Henrietta Rodken (hereinafter decedent) died intestate in 1986 and her sister, Beatrice Rodkin, was appointed administrator of her estate. Rodkin, with petitioner acting as her attorney, spent several years resolving decedent’s outstanding tax liabilities and, in 1994, made distributions to decedent’s heirs, including her sisters, respondent Dorothy Gordon and Mildred Weissman. Rodkin died testate in 1997.
In 1998, Gordon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BarkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In re the Estate of BurnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- In re the Estate of RodkenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- In re the Estate of JadwinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1969
- In re the Estate of AtkinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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