Opinion
26712-21S
04-15-2024
ESTATE OF FRANCES COOPER, DECEASED, ANDREA HIRSCHFELD, FIDUCIARY, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Lewis R. Carluzzo Chief Special Trial Judge.
This case for the redetermination of a deficiency, presently set for trial during the New York, New York, trial session scheduled to begin in that city on May 6, 2024, is before the Court on respondent's motion for continuance, filed April 5, 2024.
Giving due regard to the representations contained in that motion, it is
ORDERED that the motion is set for hearing at the time, date and place shown in the Notice Setting Case for Trial, served January 30, 2024. Otherwise, it is further
ORDERED that the parties need not comply with the obligations imposed upon them in the Standing Pretrial Order, served January 30, 2024.
The Court is inclined to grant the motion. The hearing will focus on the future actions the parties intend to take to prepare the case for trial, or to resolve it without the need for one.