In re the Estate of Marks

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lee L. Holzman, J.

In this proceeding to judicially settle the account of the Public Administrator, the objectants, three alleged maternal first cousins, claim to be the decedent’s only distributees. A kinship hearing was held before the court at which the guardian ad litem for unknown heirs participated. At the hearing, the objectants agreed that, subject to the terms of a stipulation stated on the record, they would not make any claim with respect to the paternal half of the distributable estate prior to March 13, 2012, 10 years from the date of the decedent’s death.

The…