Opinion
April 11, 1995
Appeal from the Surrogate's Court, New York County (Eve Preminger, S.).
Appellant failed to sustain her burden of proving that the $26,500 paid to her by the estate was a fair and reasonable fee (see, Cohen v Ryan, 34 A.D.2d 789, 790), having proffered no evidence concerning the difficulty of the matter, the skill, time and labor required, her experience, ability and reputation, and the customary fee for similar services (see, Matter of Freeman, 34 N.Y.2d 1, 9). Nor in the present circumstances did the Surrogate err in refusing to conduct a traverse hearing.
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Rubin, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.