Surrogate’s CourtSurrogate AndersonESTATE OF CHARLES SCHLESS, Deceased (16/1829/B) — In this final accounting of the Public Administrator in the estate of Charles Schless, the court is asked to determine the identity of decedent’s distributees. Based upon the proof submitted at a kinship hearing before a court attorney-referee, the court finds that decedent was survived by one maternal first cousin and one paternal first cousin. The proof on the paternal side, however, was insufficient to establish the identity of all of decedent’s paternal distributees.Accordingly, the Public Administrator is directed to distribute one-half of the net estate to Robert Charles Green and to deposit the other half of the net estate, less the advance distribution to paternal first cousin Harold Lopato, with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of decedent’s unknown paternal distributees.The Public Administrator shall supplement her account by affidavit and as so supplemented the account is settled.Settle decree.Dated: March 16, 2018Surrogate MellaESTATE OF ANGELETTE R. RICHIE, A/K/A ANGELETTE REGINA RICHIE, Deceased (07/2542/A/B/C) — At the call of the calendar on March 6, 2017, at the request of one of the parties appearing on the record, the court established a deadline by which any verified objections to this petition may be filed with this court and served on petitioner’s counsel. That deadline is March 30, 2018. On that date, whether or not objections have been filed, the application will be marked fully submitted and will be decided on the papers filed with this court.Clerk to notify.Dated: March 16, 2018ESTATE OF BARBARA W. SMITH, Deceased (99/3117/A);ACCOUNTING BY HARVEY J. PLATT AND JAY BLUMENTHAL AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE BARBARA W. SMITH REVOCABLE TRUST OF 1998 (99/3117.2) — These are proceedings for the settlement of the first and final account of Harvey Platt and Jay Blumenthal as co-executors of the estate of Barbara Smith, and as successor co-trustees of the Barbara Smith Revocable Trust of 1998. The co-executors’ account covers the period from June 8, 1999 to March 31, 2010. As successor co-trustees, Mr. Platt and Mr. Blumenthal have accounted for the period of June 8, 1999 to August 31, 2010.The guardian ad litem (GAL) appointed to protect the interests of decedent’s son, Frederick Charles Smith, who is a beneficiary of the Trust, filed an initial report raising concerns with the accountings, but before they were resolved, Mr. Smith passed away.1 Following Mr. Smith’s death, the Public Administrator acted pursuant to SCPA 1115 to administer Mr. Smith’s estate and the parties entered into a Combined Settlement Agreement, dated October 20, 2017, which addresses the concerns previously raised by the GAL, and agrees to the settlement of these accounts pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.The accounts are accordingly settled.Decree incorporating the Combined Settlement Agreement signed.Dated: March 16, 2018
