Matter of S. (Anonymous), Lucy
Motion No: 2023-00689
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 65036(U)
Decided on March 27, 2026
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

M296202

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2023-00689 D

In the Matter of Lucy S. (Anonymous),

respondent-respondent; Eric Joseph, petitioner,

James T. Bentley, as executor of the estate of

Marianna Sarkis Bentley, et al., cross-petitioners;

Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP,

nonparty-appellant; Margaret Carasaniti Andreo,

et al., nonparty-respondents.

(Index No. 85194/2021)

ECISION & ORDER ON APPLICATION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, dated December 7, 2022. Application by James T. Bentley, as executor of the estate of Marianna Sarkis Bentley, and the cross-petitioner Christianna Sarkis Gorin, to substitute James T. Bentley, as executor of the estate of Marianna Sarkis Bentley, for the deceased cross-petitioner Marianna Sarkis Bentley, and to amend the caption accordingly.

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

ORDERED that the application is granted, James T. Bentley, as executor of the estate of Marianna Sarkis Bentley, is substituted for the deceased cross-petitioner Marianna Sarkis Bentley, and the caption is amended accordingly.

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court