In re the Estate of Lupoli
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J. P.
The essential question in this case is whether the Surrogate’s Court has the power to punish a person for contempt of court based on that person’s disobedience of an information subpoena. The information subpoena at issue consists of a series of questions addressed to a witness concerning that witness’s knowledge of the assets held by a beneficiary and former de facto executor of the estate, against whom the Surrogate has entered a money judgment. Relying on certain statutes in SCPA article 6 and CPLR article 52, the Surrogate held that he did not have…
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