In re the Estate of Crippen

Joseph A. Cox, S.

Objections have been filed to the executor’s account by the special guardian of infant contingent remaindermen of trusts created under the will of the decedent’s widow and sole legatee who died during the course of the estate administration. Such objections are to the acts of the executor in making advance payments of commissions to himself prior to the judicial settlement of his account.

Section 285 of the Surrogate’s Court Act clearly states and the law is well established that an executor is not entitled to and may not take commissions until they are allowed by the court on…