Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1984

Birnbaum v. Flaum

Birnbaum v. Flaum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided July 13, 1984
103 A.D.2d 1016
Birnbaum v. Flaum

Opinion of the Court

— Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, with costs to respondents, in accordance with the following memorandum: We modify the order to include a provision declaring the agreement dated October 7, 1983 valid essentially for the reasons stated at Surrogate’s Court, Monroe County (Ciaccio, S.). We emphasize that the agreement as construed by the Surrogate does not result in a delegation or a diminution of any of Central’s fiduciary responsibilities and that the agreement in no way dilutes the sole power of the Surrogate to approve commissions. (Appeal from order of Monroe County Surrogate’s Court, Ciaccio, S. —- removal of coadministrator.) Present — Hancock, Jr., J. P., Doerr, Denman, Green and Moule, JJ.

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