Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Attea
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 17, 2015Published
1Opinion of the Court
*219OPINION OF THE COURT
Barbara Howe, S.
Decedent, a long-time professed nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph (hereafter, the Congregation), died at age 82 on March 26, 2014, leaving a probate estate worth nearly two million dollars. She was survived by three brothers, Joseph Attea, William Attea, and Martin Attea. Her will, dated August 31, 1994, has been offered for probate in this court by Joseph H. Spahn, husband of decedent’s predeceased sister Mary Spahn.1 Preliminary letters testamentary were issued to Joseph on April 29, 2014.
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Decedent entered the Congregation in 1950…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Phillips v. Joseph Kantor & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- In re the Probate of the Will of WaltherNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- In Re the Estate of KumstarNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In Re the Probate of the Will of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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