In re the Estate of Manganiello

Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Ulster County (Traficanti, Jr., S.), entered May 23, 1991, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s motion for payment of the balance of funds due petitioner pursuant to a decree settling decedent’s estate.

Sandra S. Manganiello (hereinafter decedent) died in 1986. *767She was survived by a son, petitioner. Although decedent and petitioner’s father, Vincent Manganiello (hereinafter Manganiello), lived together for 30 years, the couple never married. Accordingly, petitioner, born in 1970, was decedent’s only heir. At the time of decedent’s death she…