As the year 2020 concluded, and the year 2021 began, the Appellate Division was hard at work rendering decisions addressed to issues affecting trusts and estates practice. This month’s column examines some of these opinions of interest.

Enforcement of Stipulation of Settlement Affirmed by Second Department. In Matter of Roach, 2021 NY Slip Op 00434 (2d Dep’t), the Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed an Order of the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County (Czygier, S.), granting the petitioner’s motion to enforce a stipulation of settlement.