In re the Estate of Mcdermott

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bertram R. Gelfand, J.

In this contested accounting proceeding, objectants seek, to establish that they are the distributees entitled to the net distributable estate. At the trial of the issues there had been presented a question of apparently first impression, concerning the applicability of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, adopted by the United States, effective October 15, 1981 and the extent to which it abrogates the provisions of CPLR 4542.

At the hearing, objectants, who contend they are decedent’s nieces and her…