SILLS, ROBERT v. FLEET NATIONAL BANK

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

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CA 09-02078
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT SILLS AND AUDREY
ELAINE SILLS, AS CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE
OF ANGELINE V. SILLS, DECEASED,
PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FLEET NATIONAL BANK, JOAN ROYSTON AND
KIRK RICHARDSON, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.
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AUDREY PATRONE PEARTREE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,
RESPONDENT.
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ROBERT SILLS AND AUDREY ELAINE SILLS, AS
CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF ANGELINE V.
SILLS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

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FLEET BANK AND JOAN ROYSTON,
DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
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AUDREY PATRONE PEARTREE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,
RESPONDENT.
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ROBERT SILLS AND AUDREY ELAINE SILLS, AS
CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF ANGELINE V.
SILLS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

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JOAN ROYSTON, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
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AUDREY PATRONE PEARTREE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,
RESPONDENT.
(APPEAL NO. 3.)

GATES & ADAMS, P.C., ROCHESTER (MICHAEL STEINBERG OF COUNSEL), FOR
PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS AND PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS.

MCDONOUGH & ARTZ, P.C., BINGHAMTON (PHILIP J. ARTZ OF COUNSEL), FOR
RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT AND DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT JOAN ROYSTON.

THE WOLFORD LAW FIRM LLP, ROCHESTER (ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD OF COUNSEL),
FOR RESPONDENT.
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UNDERBERG & KESSLER LLP, ROCHESTER (PAUL V. NUNES OF COUNSEL), FOR
RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT FLEET NATIONAL BANK AND DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
FLEET BANK.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Steuben County (Peter
C. Bradstreet, A.J.), entered July 31, 2009. The order granted the
application of Audrey Patrone Peartree, as guardian ad litem for
decedent Angeline V. Sills, to retain Elizabeth A. Wolford as counsel
to represent her in an appeal of the court’s decision and order dated
January 28, 2009 and ordered that all reasonable fees and
disbursements incurred by the guardian ad litem in that appeal be paid
for by the Estate of Angeline V. Sills.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is
unanimously vacated without costs and the matter is remitted to
Supreme Court, Steuben County, for further proceedings in accordance
with the same Memorandum as in Sills v Fleet Natl. Bank ([appeal No.
1] ___ AD3d ___ [Feb. 18, 2011]).

Entered: February 18, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan
Clerk of the Court