In re Estate of Campbell

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GRACIA E. CAMPBELL AND CLARISSA L…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Nov 17, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 8144 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

1310 CA 16-01250

11-17-2017

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GRACIA E. CAMPBELL AND CLARISSA L. VAIDA, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WILL OF GRACIA M. CAMPBELL, DECEASED. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GRACIA E. CAMPBELL AND CLARISSA L. VAIDA, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE K.C. KLOPP, DECEASED. (PROCEEDING NO. 2.) MELISSA C. ENGLAND AND BENJAMIN K. CAMPBELL, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF HAZARD K. CAMPBELL, SR., DECEASED, AND HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS CO-TRUSTEES, RESPONDENTS. JAMES P. DOMAGALSKI, ESQ., GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR INFANT CONTINGENT BENEFICIARIES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

LAWRENCE J. KONCELIK, JR., EAST HAMPTON, FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS. BARCLAY DAMON, LLP, BUFFALO (JAMES P. DOMAGALSKI OF COUNSEL), RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT PRO SE.

CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, DEJOSEPH, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

PRESENT:

LAWRENCE J. KONCELIK, JR., EAST HAMPTON, FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS.

BARCLAY DAMON, LLP, BUFFALO (JAMES P. DOMAGALSKI OF COUNSEL), RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT PRO SE.

Appeal from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Erie County (Barbara Howe, S.), entered May 3, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, constructed the wills of Gracia M. Campbell and Marjorie K.C. Klopp and determined valid the disposition of Gracia M. Campbell.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: November 17, 2017

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court