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Kelleher v. (In re Estate of Mchale)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
Mar 27, 2015
126 A.D.3d 1433 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2015-03-27

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Magda Cordell McHALE, Deceased. Denise Kelleher, Petitioner–Respondent–Respondent, Evan McHale, Respondent–Petitioner–Appellant; The John McHale and Magda McHale Archives Foundation, Respondent–Respondent. Charitable Beneficiaries, Interested Party–Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Erie County (Barbara Howe, S.), entered September 28, 2012. The order adjudged that the January 21, 2008 Instrument of Gift is valid and fully enforceable and that the property encompassed by the Instrument of Gift is not part of the Estate of Magda Cordell McHale. D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs., Syracuse (John A. Cirando of Counsel), for Respondent–Petitioner–Appellant. Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo (Hugh M. Russ, III, of Counsel), for Respondent–Respondent.


Appeal from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Erie County (Barbara Howe, S.), entered September 28, 2012. The order adjudged that the January 21, 2008 Instrument of Gift is valid and fully enforceable and that the property encompassed by the Instrument of Gift is not part of the Estate of Magda Cordell McHale.
D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs., Syracuse (John A. Cirando of Counsel), for Respondent–Petitioner–Appellant. Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo (Hugh M. Russ, III, of Counsel), for Respondent–Respondent.
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, Buffalo (Beverly S. Braun of Counsel), for Petitioner–Respondent–Respondent.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (William D. Maldovan of Counsel), for Interested Party–Respondent.

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

SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, and VALENTINO, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Kelleher v. (In re Estate of Mchale)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
Mar 27, 2015
126 A.D.3d 1433 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
Case details for

Kelleher v. (In re Estate of Mchale)

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Magda Cordell McHALE, Deceased. Denise…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

Date published: Mar 27, 2015

Citations

126 A.D.3d 1433 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 2580
4 N.Y.S.3d 576