Court Opinion

ID: 6147486
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-05 15:28:34.002706+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:54:55.193699
License: Public Domain

Fowler, S.—
This is an accounting proceeding which was instituted on April 25, 1916. Upon the settlement of the decree, the special guardian asks that the decree direct the shares of the infants herein be paid over to the testamentary guardian, upon filing her bond with sufficient security in conformity with section 2739, Code of Civil Procedure. It appears that the testamentary guardian was appointed without bond, April 21, 1914, before the new Surrogates’ Act went into effect. Under the old practice the testamentary guardian would be entitled' to receive the property of the infants under an accounting decree without filing security. (Matter of Klingenstein, 150 App. Div. 749.) This accounting proceeding was instituted under the new Surrogates’ Law and in my opinion the distribution of the funds of the estate ought to be governed as provided under the new law regulating accountings. Section 2739 requires the filing of security by a guardian where a legacy or distributive share is payable to an infant, and the decree in this instance should so provide. If there is any doubt on the law, I prefer to exact security and I think there is doubt.
Before the provisions of the proposed decree directing assignments and payments in kind can be accepted, qn appraisal must be had, pursuant to section 2376, Code of Civil Procedure.
Decreed accordingly.