Matter of Merhige, deceased
Motion No: 2014-02628
Slip Opinion No: 2014 NY Slip Op 72133(U)
Decided on May 13, 2014
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M173653

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2014-02628

In the Matter of Alice S. Merhige, decease

John Shofi, petitioner-respondent;

Grace J. Hydrusko, respondent-appellant.

(File No. 365/06)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

d

Motion by the petitioner-respondent to dismiss an appeal from a decree of the Surrogate's Court, Kings County, dated January 31, 2014, on the ground that no appeal lies from a decree entered upon the default of the appealing party; and it is further,

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements (see CPLR 5511).

ENG, P.J., AUSTIN, HINDS-RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court