In re the Estate of Milbank

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re the Estate of Milbank

49 A.D.2d 848, 374 N.Y.S.2d 105, 1975 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11006

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedOctober 21, 1975

StatusPublished

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In re the Estate of Milbank, 49 A.D.2d 848, 374 N.Y.S.2d 105, 1975 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11006 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1975).

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Order, Surrogate’s Court, New York County, entered on April 3, 1975, directing respondent executors to pay to petitioner the sum of $2,000 per week as an advance against her inheritance, unanimously modified, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of reducing said sum to $400 per week, and otherwise affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. The petitioner and her now deceased husband were married on September 21, 1972 and separated, childless, in June, 1973. He died on October 31, 1974, after having commenced an action against petitioner for divorce or separation, but before resolution of the issues raised therein. In that aborted action petitioner had been awarded temporary alimony of $400 per week. We agree with the Surrogate’s Court that SCPA 2102 (subd 5) empowered it to “in its discretion authorize an advance payment, when the question of status is at issue, at least where the alleged surviving spouse is willing to post a refunding bond”. We cannot, however, find justification in this record for the exorbitant amount awarded. We believe that, on this record, as summarized above, an advance in the stun of $400 a week is appropriate. Concur—Kupferman, J.P., Murphy, Tilzer, Capozzoli and Lane, JJ. [83 Misc 2d 716.]

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Order, Surrogate’s Court, New York County, entered on April 3, 1975, directing respondent executors to pay to petitioner the sum of $2,000 per week as an advance against her inheritance, unanimously modified, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of reducing said sum to $400 per week, and otherwise affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. The petitioner and her now deceased husband were married on September 21, 1972 and separated, childless, in June, 1973. He died on October 31, 1974, after having commenced an action against petitioner for divorce or separation, but before resolution of the issues raised therein. In that aborted action petitioner had been awarded temporary alimony of $400 per week. We agree with the Surrogate’s Court that SCPA 2102 (subd 5) empowered it to “in its discretion authorize an advance payment, when the question of status is at issue, at least where the alleged surviving spouse is willing to post a refunding bond”. We cannot, however, find justification in this record for the exorbitant amount awarded. We believe that, on this record, as summarized above, an advance in the stun of $400 a week is appropriate. Concur—Kupferman, J.P., Murphy, Tilzer, Capozzoli and Lane, JJ. [83 Misc 2d 716.]

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