In re the Estate of Baron

OPINION OF THE COURT

Renee R. Roth, S.

Incident to this proceeding to settle her final accounting, the conservator for her recently deceased ward, Tilly Baron, asks the court to determine whether she may retain her ward’s as*767sets pending settlement of the account despite the request for turnover by Chase Manhattan Bank, the preliminary executor of Ms. Baron’s will. Neither the statutes that govern guardianship nor case law provides any guidance as to which fiduciary is entitled to hold decedent’s assets during such interim period.

It is noted that probate will be delayed here because testatrix…