MATTER OF GATES


189 A.D.2d 427 (1993)

In the Matter of The Estate of Robert Gates, Sr., Deceased. Viki L. Hatch, as Administratrix of The Estate of Robert Gates, Sr., Deceased, Respondent, et al., Petitioners; Donald H. Brahm et al., as Coadministrators of The Estate of Cheryl Brahm, Deceased, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 8, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Cutro, Kinderhook, for Donald H. Brahm and another, appellants.

Friedman & Manning, P. C., Delmar (Jeremiah F. Manning of counsel), for Nicholas Groudas and another, appellants.

Connor, Curran & Schram, P. C., Hudson (Daniel J. Tuczinski of counsel), for respondent.

WEISS, P. J., MIKOLL, LEVINE and MERCURE, JJ., concur.


MAHONEY, J.

The entangled estates involved in these appeals are those of the four victims of the much publicized 1986 Gates murders in the Town of Canaan, Columbia County, namely, Robert Gates, Sr. (hereinafter Gates), his son Robert Gates, Jr., his infant nephew Jason Gates (hereinafter Jason) and his live-in girlfriend, Cheryl Brahm. Gates' then-17-year-old son...

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