Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Aronoff
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 17, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Eve Preminger, S.
Incident to this contested probate proceeding, which was consolidated with a related proceeding involving decedent’s inter vivos trust transferred from the Supreme Court, the proponents of the will move to strike objectants’ jury demand. At issue is the propriety of the jury demand for the trust dispute as well as the effect of the consolidation ordered by the Supreme Court on the jury demand for the will contest.
Decedent died on February 18, 1994, survived by three children: Mark, Susan and Alan (Lanny). The instruments at issue in this consolidated…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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