Legal Notice
File No.2016-387885/A
CITATION
SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
By the Grace of God Free and Independent
TO: June Gilliam
Paul Gilliam
Thomas Gilliam
Vivian Gilliam
Christine Gilliam
Cynthia Gilliam
Rochelle Gilliam
Damon Darden
Joanne Fuller
Grassi & Co.
Jasper Surety obo Suretec
NYS Office of the Attorney General
any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next of kin of the said DOROTHY CAFFEE, deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.
A petition having been duly filed by Nassau County Public Administrator, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501.
YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on August 15, 2018, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of Nassau County Public Administrator, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the ESTATE OF DOROTHY L. CAFFEE, should not be judicially settled.
[X] Further relief sought (if any):
1. Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings;
2. Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 4,381.62 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 876.32 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4);
3. Fixing and determining the attorney’ s fees of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 9,000.00 of which $ 2,250.00 has been paid and $ 6,750.00 is unpaid;
4. Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $3,650.00 of which $ 650.00 has been paid and $ 3,000.00 is unpaid;
5. Releasing and discharging the surety;
6. Directing the net estate be paid to the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Dorothy Caffee, decedent; and
7. Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper
Dated, Attested, and Sealed,
June 14, 2018
HON. Margaret C. Reilly,
Surrogate
Debra Keller Leimbach
Chief Clerk
Richard T. Kerins, Esq.
Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC
(516) 538-1111
254 Nassau Boulevard South, Garden City South, New York 11530
NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.
WT #148708
4x 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20/2018 #148708
