MATTER OF MERO


62 A.D.3d 1003 (2009)

878 N.Y.S.2d 902

In the Matter of GONZALO ARCADIO MERO, Deceased. GODOSKY & GENTILE, P.C., Appellant; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF KINGS COUNTY, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 26, 2009.


Ordered that the decree and judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

"[T]he Surrogate bears the ultimate responsibility of deciding what constitutes a reasonable attorney's fee" to be paid in an estate proceeding (Matter of Szkambara, 53 A.D.3d 502, 503 [2008]; see Matter of Piterniak, 38 A.D.3d 780, 781 [2007]; Matter...

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