ALBANY – A dead woman’s former father-in-law stands to inherit her only property as a result of a divided appellate court decision that hinged in part on whether the judiciary has any basis to explore the equities of the dispute.
Matter of the Estate of Robyn Lewis, 1170-1172/13, involved a woman who died at the age of 43 from alcoholism, the husband she divorced four years earlier, a lost will, a lingering dispute between their respective parents and the juxtaposition of New York and Texas law.
