Smith v Smith
2024 NY Slip Op 02475
Decided on May 3, 2024
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on May 3, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CURRAN, MONTOUR, GREENWOOD, AND NOWAK, JJ.

991 CA 22-01746

[*1]CHRISTOPHER SMITH AND MICHAEL SMITH, AS TRUSTEES OF THE JAY AND PATRICIA SMITH IRREVOCABLE TRUST, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,

v

ANNA J. SMITH, AS TRUSTEE OF THE THEODORE P. SMITH INCOME ONLY IRREVOCABLE TRUST, AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE P. SMITH, DECEASED, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.)




HANCOCK ESTABROOK, LLP, SYRACUSE (JANET D. CALLAHAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

BOND SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC, SYRACUSE (DANIEL J. PAUTZ OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Herkimer County (John H. Crandall, A.J.), entered January 31, 2022. The order, inter alia, denied the motion of defendant for an evidentiary hearing on, inter alia, the partition of real property.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Smith v Smith ([appeal No. 4] — AD3d — [May 3, 2024] [4th Dept 2024]).

Entered: May 3, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court