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PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL THE DEFENDANT ESTATE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY OR BE DEEMED IN DEFAULT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED; WHERE THERE ARE CLAIMS AGAINST AN ESTATE, THE ESTATE CANNOT REPRESENT ITSELF (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the plaintiff’s motion to require the defendant executor of the estate to hire an attorney for the estate or be deemed in default should have been granted. An estate cannot represent itself:

… [T]he motion court should have granted plaintiffs’ motion seeking to require Madden to retain licensed counsel to represent the estate. Although CPLR 321(a) does not address whether an estate is permitted to represent itself, courts have concluded that, in matters involving claims brought against an estate, estate representatives cannot act pro se because their own individual liberty or property interests are not involved. Rather, the interests belong to the estate beneficiaries … . Alaina Simone Inc. v Madden, 2021 NY Slip Op 07497, First Dept 12-28-21

 

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