Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant bank and title insurance company were entitled to rely upon the statutory short-form power of attorney (see, General Obligations Law § 5-1501) presented to them by the defendant Fiumara, the plaintiffs' son-in-law, as that form was valid on its face and the circumstances surrounding its presentation would not have put a reasonable person on notice that something was amiss (cf.,
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