ESTATE OF CHARLES M. KOTICK, Deceased (05/1202/E);ESTATE OF CHARLES M. KOTICK, Deceased (05/1202/F) — At the call of the calendar on November 28, 2017, the court directed nonparty Mihail Sedoy to appear no later than December 20, 2017 for an examination for no more than three (3) hours by Robert Kotick, who is the executor of the estate of decedent Charles Kotick and the trustee of certain trusts. The motion for contempt was otherwise denied, without prejudice to a later application to enforce this decision, which, together with the transcript of the November 28, 2017 proceedings, constitutes the order of the court.Dated: December 6, 2017ESTATE OF DORIS FIELDING REID, Deceased (73/1039/A);ESTATE OF DORIS FIELDING REID, Deceased (73/1039/B);ESTATE OF DORIS FIELDING REID, Deceased (73/1039/C) — T. Randolph Harris is petitioning for letters of successor trusteeship of three trusts created under Article Fourth of the Will of Doris Fielding Reid. He is joined in his application by Maura McKnight, Alice R. Abbott and Dorrit P. Castle, current income beneficiaries of their respective trusts. The prior trustee of the three trusts, Maged Riad, died on February 25, 2016, and there has been no trustee in office for any of the trusts since then. Petitioner maintains there is an immediate need for the appointment of a fiduciary to administer the trusts, and has requested letters of temporary trusteeship pending the final determination of his petition.At the call of the calendar of November 28, 2017, petitioner indicated that he was unable to obtain jurisdiction over two remainder beneficiaries, although he anticipates no objections from them. Recognizing the need for a trustee to serve immediately, the court appointed petitioner temporary trustee of the three trusts, pursuant to SCPA 1502(1), upon his duly qualifying according to law. This temporary appointment shall remain in effect until petitioner is granted letters of trusteeship or until further order of this court, but in no event shall petitioner remain as temporary trustee for more than six months from the date of this decision.Order signed.Dated: December 7, 2017Surrogate AndersonESTATE OF HELGA KLEINBERGER-SPEER, Deceased (09/3028/B) — At the call of the calendar, this application by Krovatin Klingerman LLC to be relieved as counsel for Lisa Doren in this contested turnover proceeding was granted. The proceeding is stayed until January 8, 2018, pursuant to prior agreement of the parties.The clerk of the court is directed to mail a copy of this decision to all parties.This decision constitutes the order of the court.Dated: December 6, 2017ESTATE OF ANNE MILLER, Deceased (12/4531/A) — At the call of the calendar, this application by Krovatin Klingerman LLC to be relieved as counsel for Lisa Doren in this contested turnover proceeding was granted. The proceeding is stayed until January 8, 2018, pursuant to prior agreement of the parties.The clerk of the court is directed to mail a copy of this decision to all parties.This decision constitutes the order of the court.Dated: December 6, 2017
