In the Matter of the Application to Hold William W. Koeppel in Statutory Criminal and/or Civil Surrogate's Court Contempt and/or Common Law Civil File No. 19964098C Contempt for Violating Orders Entered by this Court

Motion No: M-905

Slip Opinion No: 2018 NYSlipOp 74657(U)

Decided on May 31, 2018

Appellate Division, First 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.

May 31, 2018

In the Matter of the Application

to Hold

William W. Koeppel

in Statutory Criminal and/or Civil Surrogate's Court

Contempt and/or Common Law Civil File No. 1996-4098C

Contempt for Violating Orders

Entered by this Court, and to

Decide the Summary Judgment Motion

Presently Held in Abeyance, in the

Matter of the Application of the

Law Offices of Craig Avedisian, P.C.

and Richenthal, Abrams and Moss to

Fix and Determine a Charging Lien

Pursuant to Judiciary Law §475 and

for a Money Judgment and Related

Relief Against William W. Koeppel

regarding the Estate of

Robert A. Koeppel,

Deceased.

An appeal having been taken from an order of the Surrogate's Court, New York County, entered on February 20, 2018, And defendant-appellant having moved to stay a certain

contempt sentence pending determination of the appeal,

and, should defendant be incarcerated, immediate release

on his own recognizance or on fixed bail, And an interim stay having been granted by an order

of a Justice of this Court, dated December 14, 2012, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect

to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the interim stay granted by a

Justice of this Court be continued as a full bench stay,

on condition that respondent perfects the appeal for the September 2018 Term, with the proviso that should respondent

fail any condition of the stay or this Court's order in any respect, petitioner may move ex parte, upon a showing of respondent's non-compliance, to vacate the stay. ENTERED: May 31, 2018

_____________________ CLERK

PRESENT: Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Richard T. Andrias Marcy L. Kahn Ellen Gesmer Cynthia S. Kern, Justices

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