ESTATE OF JACQUELYN ADOLPHUS, Deceased (11/1904/A/B) — The petition of Nicole Adolphus, to revoke the letters of administration heretofore issued to Francine Pinckney in the estate of Jacquelyn Adolphus and for the appointment of petitioner as administrator de bonis non, has been discontinued, without prejudice, pursuant to a stipulation dated July 24, 2017, in accordance with CPLR 3217(a)(2).Proceed accordingly.Dated: January 9, 2018Surrogate AndersonESTATE OF HELEN PSIROUKIS, Deceased (13/4826/D) — Incident to her final accounting in the estate of Helen Psiroukis, the Public Administrator requests a determination of the identity of decedent’s distributees.Based upon the proof submitted before a court attorney-referee, the court finds that decedent was survived, as her sole distributees, by three siblings and by nine nieces and nephews who are the children of three predeceased siblings.The court is satisfied that diligent and exhaustive efforts have been made, without success, to ascertain the existence of other distributees, that more than three years have elapsed since decedent’s death and that no claim to a distributive share in the estate has been made by any person other than the above mentioned distributees. It is therefore determined that no other distributees exist (SCPA §2225).Accordingly, the Public Administrator is directed to divide the net estate into six equal shares and to distribute it as follows: one share each to decedent’s surviving siblings Anna Patriki, Catherine Rallis, and Vassiliki Haramis; and the remaining three shares equally divided among decedent’s nieces and nephews Hariklia Delivasilis, Vicki Karakatsani, Eleni Votsi, Panayiotis Psiroukis, Elizabeth Papoutsis, Hariklia Moularas, Panayiotis Moularas, Arthur Halkas and Peter Halkas (EPTL §4-1.1[a] [5]).The Public Administrator shall supplement her account by affidavit and as so supplemented the account is settled.Settle decree.Dated: January 9, 2018ESTATE OF LAVORIS MAYFIELD, Deceased (12/4526/ABC) — The compromise of a cause of action for decedent’s personal injury and wrongful death was approved and the attorney’s compensation and disbursements were fixed by order of the Supreme Court, New York County. The restrictions contained in the letters issued to the administratrix are removed, and she is authorized to collect the settlement and execute the necessary receipts and releases.The settlement proceeds are allocated 50 percent to the cause of action for conscious pain and suffering and 50 percent to the cause of action for wrongful death.The administrator is authorized to reimburse the Law Office of Marc Albert in the amount of $2,500 for the filing fees of this court.The decedent was survived by her spouse and by three daughters, Charlette Mayfield, Felicia Gaines, and Crystal Gaines. Crystal is incapacitated and Charlette has been appointed as her guardian under Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law by order of Supreme Court, New York County. Petitioner’s spouse has assigned his interest in the estate and in the wrongful death proceeds to Charlette and Felicia.Petitioner’s request that the court approve distribution of the proceeds of the personal injury cause of action pursuant to EPTL 4-1.1(a)(1) and distribution of the proceeds of the wrongful death cause of action pursuant to Matter of Kaiser, 198 Misc 582 (1950), is granted. A portion of said funds shall be paid pursuant to the terms of structured settlements for each of the children, as set forth in the decree. Charlette Mayfield, as Guardian of Crystal Gaines under Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law, is directed to seek authorization in the Supreme Court, New York County, to establish a Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT) for Crystal Gaines. The proceeds of the settlement for Crystal Gaines shall be held in escrow until such SNT is established, as further provided in the decree.The account is settled and the decree is signed.Dated: January 9, 2018
