The motion court correctly dismissed the cause of action relating to the individual parties' father's estate without prejudice to refiling in Surrogate's Court, the proper forum for such claims (SCPA 201[3]). The court also correctly dismissed without prejudice the cause of action seeking an accounting, as the individual parties' sibling relationship, standing alone, is insufficient to establish a fiduciary duty that would entitle plaintiff to an accounting in this case ...
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