Legal Opinion
Cipo v. Blerkom
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 18, 2006PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to set aside amendments to an inter vivos trust, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dorsa, J.), dated September 9, 2005, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 325 (e) to transfer this action to the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court and the Surrogate’s Court have concurrent jurisdiction over the administration of a decedent’s estate (see Gaentner v Benkovich, 18 AD3d 424, 428 [2005]). However, “[w]herever possible, all litigation involving the property…
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