In re the Estate of Schanzer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtM. M. Frank, J.
The petitioner appeals from an order of the Surrogate’s Court which denied her application, pursuant to the Surrogate’s Court Act (§ 231-a), for an order fixing counsel fees payable to the respondent at $4,500, and directing the respondent to refund the amount of $13,000 paid by the petitioner in excess thereof, and which granted the respondent’s cross claim for $4,032.60. There is no dispute that the respondent had received a total of $17,500 prior to the time this proceeding was started.
The petitioner, who is over 70, is the executrix and sole beneficiary of the estate of her late husband.…
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