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Sole Heir Did Not Have Standing to Bring Action for Recovery of Estate Property—No Allegations of Misconduct by Personal Representative

The Fourth Department determined plaintiff the sole heir, did not have standing to bring his own action for recovery of the property of the estate because there were no allegations of misconduct on the part of the personal representative:

…[T]he estate representative is charged with the duty of recovering property of the estate, and that plaintiff, as decedent’s sole heir, has no independent cause of action, either in his own right or the right of the estate, to maintain an action for recovery of the property of the estate, absent extraordinary circumstances … . Extraordinary circumstances include collusion of the personal representative with others or an “unreasonable refusal” of the personal representative of the estate to commence an action … . Inasmuch as the extraordinary circumstances must relate directly to the actions of the personal representative of the estate, we conclude that the court erred in determining that the “unique and novel circumstances” of this case, i.e., “homicide, possible forgery, perjury, false statements, and possible conflicts of interest,” constitute the requisite extraordinary circumstances… . Castor v Pulaski, 2014 NY Slip Op 03386, 4th Dept 5-9-14

 

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