Ordered that the decree is reversed, on the law, with costs payable by the estate, the petition is granted to the extent that the petitioner is entitled to the value of a life estate in one-half of the proceeds of the sale of the subject real property, and the matter is remitted to the Surrogate's Court, Rockland County, for a hearing to determine the value of the petitioner's interest.
On July 12, 1997, the petitioner, Thomas Mathew, killed his wife Mary. Following...
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