PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.

DOCKET NO. CA 14-01604
DOCKET NO. CA 14-01605
DOCKET NO. CA 14-01606
DOCKET NO. CA 14-01754

IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 23, 1932 BY ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED AND PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH NINTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH 22(b)(4) OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 2.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH FOURTH OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 3.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH TENTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 4.) ————————————————————— ————- CHARLES WEHLE AND HENRY WEHLE, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 1.) IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 23, 1932 BY ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED AND PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH NINTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) ——————————————————————& mdash;———- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH 22(b)(4) OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 2.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH FOURTH OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 3.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH TENTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 4.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- CHARLES WEHLE AND HENRY WEHLE, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.) IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 23, 1932 BY ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED AND PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH NINTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) ——————————————————————& mdash;———- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH 22(b)(4) OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 2.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH FOURTH OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 3.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH TENTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 4.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- CHARLES WEHLE AND HENRY WEHLE, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 3.) IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 23, 1932 BY ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED AND PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH NINTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) ——————————————————————& mdash;———- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH 22(b)(4) OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 2.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH FOURTH OF THE WILL OF ALVAH G. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 3.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- IN THE MATTER OF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK) (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK, N.A.) (SUCCESSOR BY CONSOLIDATION TO LINCOLN FIRST BANK OF ROCHESTER) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY), AS TRUSTEE UNDER PARAGRAPH TENTH OF THE WILL OF MARJORIE H. STRONG, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MARJORIE STRONG WEHLE, DECEASED (WHO DIED JANUARY 8, 2004), PETITIONER-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 4.) ——————————————————————& mdash;——- CHARLES WEHLE AND HENRY WEHLE, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 4.)

Petitioner JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. having moved to for an extension of time to file and serve a reply brief on the appeals taken herein from orders and a judgment of the Monroe County Surrogate's Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of said court on November 26, 2013 (appeal No.1 ), February 14, 2014 (appeal No. 2), and April 21, 2014 (appeal Nos. 3 and 4),

Now, upon reading and filing the affirmations of A. Vincent Buzard, Esq., dated February 26, 2015, and March 6, 2015, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and the affirmation of Mark A. Grannis, Esq., dated March 4, 2015, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted on condition that petitioner's reply brief is filed and served on or before March 30, 2015, and the Clerk is directed to accept the brief for filing.

Entered: March 12, 2015

Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk