Case Name: In the Matter of Rocky H., Deceased. Keiko Ono Aoki, Respondent; Kana Aoki Nootenboom et al., Appellants, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-10-09
Citations: 99 A.D.3d 493
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Rocky H., Deceased. Keiko Ono Aoki, Respondent; Kana Aoki Nootenboom et al., Appellants, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 493–494

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Rocky H., Deceased. Keiko Ono Aoki, Respondent; Kana Aoki Nootenboom et al., Appellants, et al., Respondents.
[951 NYS2d 399]

Opinion:
In the absence of documentation of the legal fees for which payment was requested, the Surrogate properly declined to direct payment of $365,000, "with the proviso that claimed trust expenses [would] be addressed in the context of the accounting." Concur — Saxe, J.R, Sweeny, Richter, Abdus-Salaam and Román, JJ.