ESTATE OF ANDERSON v. BERNSTEIN

11618. 2746A/16.

184 A.D.3d 429 (2020)

123 N.Y.S.3d 490

2020 NY Slip Op 03197

Estate of Joan Anderson, by Emlie Anderson, as Executrix, et al., Appellants, v. Sue Renee Bernstein et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 4, 2020.


Article Eighth of the decedent Jill Morris's will states: "I make the following gifts of tangible personal property to the following entities ... and persons (provided that he or she survives me by thirty (30) days)." It then makes 11 gifts to 12 beneficiaries, including Joan Anderson, to whom the decedent bequeathed $100,000, two residences, and various tangible property. Anderson died 12 days after the decedent's death.

The Surrogate's Court correctly concluded...

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