MATTER OF HANLON

File No. 134/12. 2018-06057.

189 A.D.3d 1405 (2020)

139 N.Y.S.3d 265

2020 NY Slip Op 07888

In the Matter of Grace Hanlon, Deceased. Merlene Dinnal, Appellant, v. David S. Sewell et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGlashan Law Firm, P.C., New York, NY ( Patrick McGlashan of counsel), for appellant.

Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., New York, NY ( David N. Milner of counsel), for respondent David S. Sewell.

Letitia James , Attorney General, New York, NY (Anisha S. Dasgpta and Joshua M. Parker of counsel), for respondent pro se.

Wingate Kearney & Cullen, LLP, Brooklyn, NY ( Claire Steinman of counsel), for respondents Roman Catholic Church of SS. Simon and Jude and Judith Planty.

Rivera, J.P., Austin, Iannacci and Christopher, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

This proceeding involves the contested ownership of certain real property in Brooklyn (hereinafter the subject property) that was formerly owned by the decedent. In September 1997, the decedent created a living trust (hereinafter the trust) and in 1998, she deeded the subject property to the trust. The trust contained...

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