MATTER OF LEE

File No. 137494/I. File Nos. 211180/F, 341112/B, 341113/B. 2015-00587, 2015-00589, 2015-00590, 2015-00592.

153 A.D.3d 831 (2017)

61 N.Y.S.3d 555

2017 NY Slip Op 06276

In the Matter of FRANK A. LEE, Deceased. BRENDA VAN DER MIJE et al., Appellants; BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of JANE E. LEE, Deceased. BRENDA VAN DER MIJE et al., Appellants; BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON et al., Respondents. (Proceeding Nos. 2-4.)

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

Decided August 23, 2017.


Ordered that the decrees are affirmed, with one bill of costs payable by the appellants individually.

The decedent Frank A. Lee, who died in 1968, and the decedent Jane E. Lee, who died in 1981, each established a testamentary trust through their respective wills. In addition, Jane E. Lee established inter vivos trusts in 1970 and 1976. The petitioner Brenda Van der Mije is the decedents' granddaughter, and the petitioners Alberto Van der Mije, Peter Van der Mije...

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