Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Dexter
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 16, 1973PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIrving A. Green, J.
The central question which the court must answer upon this application is whether the ancient legal citadel which surrounds and preserves the indestructibility of spendthrift trusts (Matter of Wentworth, 230 N. Y. 176, 185; EPTL 7-1.5) has been breached, altered or impaired by virtue of the enactment of EPTL 3-3.10 by the Laws of 1971, which became effective on November 3, 1971.
This will, executed on May 20, 1965, was duly admitted to probate on March 21, 1972, following the testator’s death on *240March 1, 1972. Paragraph Second, subdivision D (I) of the will created a spendthrift trust for the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Matter of WentworthNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Hoey v. . GilroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- In Re Proving the Will of FordhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- People Ex Rel. Knoblauch v. Warden of the Jail of the Fourth District Magistrates' CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re the Estate of SchloessingerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In re the Estate of ChadbourneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1977
- In re the Estate of SladeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1974
- In Re HohlUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1987
- Norton v. Home Insurance CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- In re the Estate of BoltonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1974
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