Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Shear
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 22, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
James E. Euken, S.
Mr. A. Norbert Shear died on March 15,1999, at the age of 83, survived by his wife and three children. The instrument offered for probate diminishes what his son Gregg Shear’s inheritance would have been under a prior instrument. Mr. Shear asks the court to construe the effect that an in terrorem clause has on the interest of his named children as income beneficia*685ries of a trust established for him under the propounded instrument should he proceed as an objectant.
The instrument dated September 12, 1997, has not been admitted to probate, but preliminary…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- In re the Estate of WebbNew York Surrogate's Court · 1923
- In re the Estate of LachmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1979
- In re the Estate of ZurkowNew York Surrogate's Court · 1973
- In re the Estate of GruppNew York Surrogate's Court · 1994
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- In re the Estate of MartinNew York Surrogate's Court · 2003
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