Matter of Chi-Chuan Wang

Matter of Chi-Chuan Wang 2004 NY Slip Op 04267 [8 AD3d 10] June 1, 2004 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, August 25, 2004

mIn the Matter of the Estate of Chi-Chuan Wang, Deceased. Ethel Griffin, Public Administrator of the County of New York, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Chi-Chuan Wang, Deceased, Respondent,
v
Yien Koo King et al., Appellants, and Andrew Wang et al., Respondents.

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Order, Surrogate's Court, New York County (Eve Preminger, S.), entered on or about November 18, 2003, which denied the cross motion of respondents Yien Koo King, Kenneth King and Cy Art, Ltd. to modify a temporary restraining order to permit the sale or disposition of 93 works of art, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In light of the circumstances presented in this bitter family dispute over the estate of the artist and collector Chi-Chuan Wang, the temporary restraining order, originally issued on consent, should remain undisturbed so as to preserve the status quo while petitioner conducts the SCPA 2103 discovery proceeding and determines what property belongs to the estate (see Danae Art Intl. v Stallone, 163 AD2d 81 [1990]). [*2]

We have considered respondents-appellants' remaining contentions and find them unavailing. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Tom, Mazzarelli and Sullivan and Ellerin, JJ.