Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In October 1996 after having received two interim accountings of the estate from the estate's attorney, the petitioner executed a release in favor of the executor in return for a partial distribution of his inheritance. Over a year later, the petitioner sought to compel a formal judicial accounting and asserted that the release was invalid. The Surrogate granted the petition.
A release executed in the absence...
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