In re Ziegler

Decree, Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Eve Preminger, S.), entered August 1, 1991, which approved the settlement of the proceedings, and, insofar as appealed from, directed the Steinkraus Trust, of which appellants are trustees, to pay half of the fee of the guardian ad litem, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

William Ziegler commenced the instant proceeding to remove his sister Helen Ziegler Steinkraus and United States Trust Company as co-trustees of the trust created for him by his father’s will. The parties entered into extensive negotiations that encompassed not only Ziegler’s…