Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Stravinsky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 30, 2003PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nardelli, J.P.

In this appeal, we are asked to review an order and subsequent counterdecree of the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, which, inter alia,, interpreted a certain provision in a stipulation of settlement entered into by the executors and heirs of the estate of the late, renowned composer Igor Stravinsky, in order to settle disputes arising out of the distribution of the corpus of the composer’s estate.

The salient facts of this matter are not in dispute.

Igor Stravinsky died on April 6, 1971 and his last will and testament (the Will) was admitted to probate in…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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