Legal Opinion
Matter of the Estate of Robyn R. Lewis
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 2015No. 64PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*459OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
At the time of her death in March 2010, it appeared after a thorough search that decedent Robyn R. Lewis had left no will. Letters of estate administration were therefore issued to her parents, Meredith M. Stewart and Ronald L. Lewis, pursuant to SCPA 1001 (1) (d); although decedent had been married to James A. Simmons, the marriage ended without issue in 2007 when the couple divorced, leaving decedent’s parents as her sole distributees (see EPTL 4-1.1 [a] [4]). They, however, renounced their interest in decedent’s Clayton, New York residence in favor…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Crossman v. . CrossmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In Re the Probate of the Will of StaigerNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- In re Probate of the Will of FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- In re the Estate of CoffedNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Matter of CostelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
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