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MATTER OF FAY

44 N.Y.2d 137 (1978)

In the Matter of The Estate of John P. Fay, Deceased. Violet J. F. Buck, Appellant; Florence S. W. Hunter et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Lawless and James G. McGoldrick for appellant.

Burton T. Ryan for Florence S. W. Hunter and others, respondents.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Irwin M. Strum, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, Allan S. Meyers and Suzanne M. McGrattan of counsel), for State of New York, respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

JASEN, J.

In this accounting proceeding by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, objections were filed by several potential claimants. This appeal involves only objections raised by Violet Josephine Fay Buck, who claims to be a half-sister of decedent by reason of a common father.

The decedent, John P. Fay, died intestate on August 19, 1970, in St. Nazaire, France. At his death, the decedent...

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