IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF DOSSIE


16 Misc.3d 442 (2007)

842 N.Y.S.2d 259

In the Matter of the Estate of IRENE R. DOSSIE, Deceased. In the Matter of the Estate of RALPH E. BODEK, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

May 22, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen W. Mancuso, Bellmore, for Dorreen Amick.

Ira Pearlstein, Brooklyn, for Norman W. Bodek.


OPINION OF THE COURT

RENEE R. ROTH, S.

At issue in each of the applications for letters of administration in the estates of Ralph E. Bodek and Irene R. Dossie is whether the cost of the surety bond filed by the fiduciary may be charged solely against the shares of the distributees who did not consent to dispensing with such a bond. Since, as discussed below, the equities militate toward such exemption of the other...

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