In re the Estate of Kraemer — 271 A.D.2d 881

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In the Matter of the Estate of Jeannette S. Kraemer, Deceased. Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee of the Trust of Jeannette S. Kraemer, Deceased, Respondent; Kim M. Kraemer et al., Appellants, and Brandi R. Kraemer et al., by James M. Hartmann, as Guardian ad Litem, Respondents. (And Another Related Proceeding.)

[708 NYS2d 343]

—Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Delaware County (Estes, S.), entered August 19, 1998, which, inter alia, construed the purported testamentary exercise of William S. Kraemer of a

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power of appointment over testamentary trusts created under the wills of Jeannette S. Kraemer and William F. Kraemer.

Decree affirmed, without costs, upon the opinion of Surrogate Robert L. Estes.

Cardona, P. J., Peters, Spain, Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decree is affirmed, without costs.