Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Katz
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 17, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renee R. Roth, S.
In this contested discovery proceeding, motion by decedent’s *1074husband for partial summary judgment presents a novel question in the law of gifts, namely, whether the owner of a cooperative apartment can validly transfer such apartment without approval from the cooperative board of directors.
Decedent, Beatrice Katz, allegedly made an inter vivos gift of her apartment to her two children by transferring her proprietary lease and 76 shares in the cooperative corporation. However, the proprietary lease provides (as is typical) that it may not be assigned…
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