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THE PETITION BROUGHT BY THE EXECUTOR PURSUANT TO SCPA 2103 SOUGHT DISCOVERY AND THE TURNOVER OF ANNUITY FUNDS WHICH HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO APPELLANT; THE SCPA 21O3 ACTION IS LIKE AN ACTION FOR CONVERSION OR REPLEVIN AND HAS A THREE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS; HERE THE MOTIONS TO AMEND THE ANSWERS TO ASSERT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DEFENSE AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THAT GROUND SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Surrogate’s Court, determined the appellant’s motion to amend their answers to assert the statute of limitations defense, and the summary judgment dismissing the petition on that ground should have been granted. The petition, brought by the executor pursuant to SCPA 2103, sought discovery and the turnover of funds from an annuity which had been distributed:

… [T]he Surrogate’s Court should have granted that branch of the appellants’ motion which was for leave to amend their answers to add the affirmative defense of the statute of limitations. The petitioner failed to demonstrate that she would be prejudiced or surprised by the proposed amendment. The petitioner also failed to demonstrate that the proposed amendment was palpably insufficient or patently devoid of merit.

“A discovery proceeding pursuant to SCPA article 21 has been likened to an action for conversion or replevin and a three-year statute of limitations has been applied” … . “A conversion cause of action accrues and the limitations period begins to run on the date the conversion allegedly occurred”… . Here, the appellants produced evidence … that the annuity funds at issue were withdrawn and deposited into a joint bank account … [and] then transferred into a personal account … on December 31, 2012, and January 3, 2013. Since the petition was not filed until June 23, 2016, the appellants demonstrated, prima facie, that the petitioner’s claim was time-barred.

… [T]he petition did not allege a cause of action sounding in fraud or breach of fiduciary duty. Moreover, even if the petition had alleged breach of fiduciary duty, the applicable statute of limitations would still be three years because the petition sought money damages only and fraud was not essential to the claim … . Matter of Chustckie, 2022 NY Slip Op 01452, Second Dept 3-9-22

Practice Point: An action by an executor of an estate pursuant to SCPA 2103 seeking the turnover of funds already distributed is in the nature of a conversion or replevin action and has a three-year statute of limitations.

 

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