In re the Estate of Belknap

Foley, S.

This is an accounting proceeding of the transactions of the continuing corporate trustee and of the deceased trustee. It involves the determination of the amount of the commissions which may be awarded in a charitable trust in perpetuity to the corporate trustee and to the estate of the deceased trustee under the provisions of new section 285-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act.

The specific questions presented are as follows:(1) Under subdivision 4 of the new section there is authorized (a) the method for the award of certain commissions during a prior trust for the life or lives of…