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MATTER OF LEWIS

No. 64

25 N.Y.3d 456 (2015)

34 N.E.3d 833

13 N.Y.S.3d 323

2015 NY Slip Op 04674

In the Matter of the Estate of ROBYN R. LEWIS, Deceased. JAMES ROBERT SIMMONS, Respondent; MEREDITH M. STEWART et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 4, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs., Syracuse ( John A. Cirando , Bradley E. Keem and Elizabeth deV. Moeller of counsel), and Wittenburg Law Firm, LLC, Syracuse, for appellants.

Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C., Syracuse ( Julian B. Modesti and Teresa M. Bennett of counsel), for respondent.

Orders modified, without costs, by remitting to Surrogate's Court, Jefferson County, for further proceedings in accordance with the opinion herein and, as so modified, affirmed.

OPINION OF THE COURT

At the time of her death in March 2010, it appeared after a thorough search that decedent Robyn R. Lewis had left no will. Letters of estate administration were therefore issued to her parents, Meredith M. Stewart and Ronald L. Lewis, pursuant...

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