Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Leventritt
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 1, 1977PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Arthur E. Blyn, S.
This proceeding presents the ever-recurring question of the rights of nonmarital children to inherit from their fathers.
At the outset the court wishes to express criticism of the use of the word "illegitimate” as applied to children. Not only is this term, when used in connection with children, repugnant to this court but its use in any local law, ordinance or resolution or in any public or judicial proceeding or in any process, notice, order, decree, judgment, record, public document or paper, is a violation of law (see General Construction Law, § 59).
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- In re the Estate of LalliNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- In re the Accounting of the Bank of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- In re the Estate of LalliNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lalli v. LalliSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- In re the Estate of BestNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In re the Estate of BestNew York Surrogate's Court · 1982
- In re the Accounting by Fleet BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- In re the Estate of GansNew York Surrogate's Court · 1986
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