Goldstick v. Lambert

Application pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, seeking to compel respondent Surrogate to sign a decision and order made by her on the record, on July 18, 1989, in response to petitioner’s request for disclosure as to the nature of the Surrogate’s relationship with opposing counsel, which the Surrogate sua sponte converted into a motion for her disqualification, which motion the court denied, and further ordered that such determination must be appealed from within 30 days, unanimously granted, and the Surrogate directed to sign either the certified minutes or the formal…