In re the Estate of Hofmann

OPINION OF THE COURT

Andelas, J.

We agree with the Surrogate that, balancing the public interest in disclosure in a particular case against the benefits to be derived by the parties from confidentiality, movants, despite the parties’ confidentiality agreement, have failed to make the requisite showing of good cause required by section 216.1 (a) of the Uniform Rules for New York State Trial Courts (22 NYCRR 216.1 [a])* to seal the executors’ objections to their application for attorneys’ fees.

The October 29, 1998 agreement, settling the movants’ Supreme Court accounting proceeding in their…