MATTER OF MORTON


61 Misc.2d 624 (1969)

In the Matter of The Estate of Louis J. Morton, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Nassau County.

November 26, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gurfein & Gurfein for petitioner. Medina & Miller for Jane L. Morton, respondent. Cocheo & Lomenzo for Dr. Fracchia, respondent. Edward Friedman for Geraldine Levy, respondent. John L. McGinty and Joseph F. Farlo for Robert Montegazzo and another, respondents. Robert J. Morton, respondent in person. William E. de Bruin, Jr., guardian ad litem.


JOHN D. BENNETT, S.

In this accounting proceeding it appears that the gross taxable estate is over $152,000, made up however of only a little more than $33,000 in testamentary assets and $2,300 in income. The total claims to be paid, plus administration expenses, commissions and taxes, leave a deficit of about $12,000, for which recourse must be had to Totten trusts in the name of the infant daughter (Beakes Dairy Co. v. Berns, 128 App. Div. 137...

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