ESTATE OF HARRY C. LEDINGHAM A/K/A HARRY LEDINGHAM, DECEASED

ESTATE OF HARRY C. LEDINGHAM A/K/A HARRY LEDINGHAM, DECEASED. (557A2008/A/B) ó In this contested accounting proceeding the petitioner seeks judicial settlement of his final account; the issuance of full letters of administration; approval of the additional expenses of his office in the amount of $5,098.84, pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); the fixing and approval of counsel fees in the sum of $50,000, plus disbursements in the amount of $1,420; the retention of $350 for the preparation and payment of 2011 income taxes; and that the remaining assets of the estate, plus accrued interest after the payment of administration expenses pertaining thereto, be paid to the New York State Comptroller for the benefit of the unknown distributees of the decedent herein who may be entitled thereto.

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ESTATE OF HARRY C. LEDINGHAM A/K/A HARRY LEDINGHAM, DECEASED. (557A2008/A/B) ó In this contested accounting proceeding the petitioner seeks judicial settlement of his final account; the issuance of full letters of administration; approval of the additional expenses of his office in the amount of $5,098.84, pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); the fixing and approval of counsel fees in the sum of $50,000, plus disbursements in the amount of $1,420; the retention of $350 for the preparation and payment of 2011 income taxes; and that the remaining assets of the estate, plus accrued interest after the payment of administration expenses pertaining thereto, be paid to the New York State Comptroller for the benefit of the unknown distributees of the decedent herein who may be entitled thereto.

Jurisdiction has been obtained over the necessary parties to this proceeding. Objections have been filed on behalf of the alleged distributees of captioned decedent. A guardian ad litem was appointed to represent unknown distributees. He has since filed his report, as supplemented, and recommends that the court judicially settle the account and find objectants have carried their burden of proof, establishing that they are entitled to their respective distributive shares as subject decedent’s sole surviving distributees, with one exception that will be addressed infra.

ESTATE OF HARRY C. LEDINGHAM A/K/A HARRY LEDINGHAM, DECEASED

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