A forceful and highly opinionated woman who fled the Nazis and became an internationally renowned artist, futurist and sociologist had no trouble making her preferences clear—right up until the end, a Buffalo surrogate concluded in upholding an extensive donation of archives to a not-for-profit foundation.

“Magda had her good days and her not such good days in her last two months, but she was always able to make her wishes known,” Erie County Surrogate Barbara Howe (See Profile) found in Matter of McHale, 2008-1015/g. “More importantly, she was always able to make clear when she disagreed with something.”

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]