Jones v. Blackman

Full title: ETHEL JONES, Appellant, v. ROBERT BLACKMAN, Respondent

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

Date published: Jun 22, 1999

262 A.D.2d 205 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 771

Opinion

June 22, 1999.

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Franklin Weissberg, J.).

We agree with the motion court that an issue of fact exists as to whether defendant's conveyance of plaintiff's property to himself by way of a power of attorney and without any consideration was intended by plaintiff as a gift made for purposes of estate planning.

Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Mazzarelli, Lerner, Rubin and Saxe, JJ.