MATTER OF HALEY

528937.

189 A.D.3d 2000 (2020)

139 N.Y.S.3d 678

2020 NY Slip Op 08136

In the Matter of the Estate of Maria Haley, Also Known as Maria Denes Haley, Deceased. Maria Russell, as Executor of the Estate of Maria Haley, Also Known as Maria Denes Haley, Deceased, Respondent; Joseph Denes et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided December 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Bryant , Schoharie, for appellants.

Esslie & Frenia, PC, Cairo ( Denise Frenia Esslie of counsel), for respondent.

Egan Jr., Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur.


In December 2015, petitioner contacted Thomas Fori, an attorney, and informed him that her mother, Maria Haley (hereinafter decedent), was hospitalized and seriously ill, and that she wanted to prepare a will. Fori spoke by telephone with decedent to determine her desired terms and drafted the will accordingly. Later that month, he and...

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