MATTER OF DE L. AZUMENDI


259 A.D.2d 313 (1999)

684 N.Y.S.2d 787

In the Matter of the Estate of MARIA N. DE L. AZUMENDI, Deceased. MARINA DE L. AZUMENDI, Appellant; HANS F. ROSENKRANZ, Respondent.

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

Decided March 11, 1999.


Surrogate's Court obtained jurisdiction when the petition for ancillary letters, which was signed by appellant ancillary co-executor, was filed with the court, and letters were issued to appellant and the decedent's husband in 1989. We note that appellant never challenged jurisdiction until it became apparent that the distribution of the wrongful death proceeds would not be favorable to her. The decedent was properly adjudged a...

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