Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Fuller

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 31, 1976Published

1Opinion of the Court

John D. Bennett, S.

In this accounting proceeding the court is requested to determine the extent of annual trustee’s commissions to be paid to the trustee.

Under the terms of the decedent’s will a trust was created for the benefit of the decedent’s spouse. She was to receive the income and upon her death the trustee was to divide the remaining corpus into four separate, distinct and equal trusts each for the benefit of the decedent’s four children for life with the remainder to their issue. The decedent’s spouse has died and the trustee has funded the four separate trusts. The trustee concedes…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of WildNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
  2. Leask v. BeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  3. In re the Estate of FarollNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
  4. In Re the Accounting of National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
  5. In re the Estate of ReckfordNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944

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