MATTER OF KUNKIS


162 Misc.2d 672 (1994)

618 N.Y.S.2d 488

In the Matter of The Estate of Philip Kunkis, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

October 28, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fatoullah Associates, New York City (Ellice Fatoullah and Michael S. Kutzin of counsel), for petitioner.


RENEE R. ROTH, S.

The court is presented with the novel question of whether an attorney-in-fact may, without prior court approval, renounce an intestate share and insurance proceeds which would otherwise pass by operation of law to an incapacitated person.

Decedent, Philip Kunkis, died intestate survived by his wife Charlotte and three adult children, Robert, Richard and Lynne Kunkis. Under the laws...

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