| Sparks v Qendro |
| 2025 NYSlipOp 07197 [244 AD3d 1821] |
| December 23, 2025 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of the Estate of Henry Richard Sparks, Deceased. Kathleen Sparks, Respondent, v Linda A. Qendro, Appellant. |
David G. Goldbas, Utica, for respondent-appellant.
Schmitt & Lascurettes, LLC, Utica (Tod M. Lascurettes of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Herkimer County (John H. Crandall, S.), entered August 16, 2024. The order, among other things, granted petitioner's motion insofar as it sought summary judgment determining that she is the rightful owner of two Morgan Stanley Accounts.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision by the Surrogate. Present—Curran, J.P., Bannister, Nowak, DelConte and Hannah, JJ.