The "vexatious conduct" of the attorneys in the distribution of a New York woman's estate has led to the disqualification of their client as executrix of the estate. Brooklyn Surrogate Margarita Lopez Torres held that the "excessively hostile and bitter relationship" between the parties "would have the practical effect of rendering the bequests ... a nullity, as this estate would surely be taken down the inevitable road to further combative litigation."
November 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The “vexatious conduct” of the attorneys in the distribution of a woman’s estate has led to the disqualification of their client as executrix of the estate.
The complex familial dispute began with the intestate death of 83-year-old Roseanna DeLaune, in 1997. Pursuant to statute, her sister, Paula M. Venezia, was appointed administrator; her heirs included her disabled nephew, William Pennington III.
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