Matter of Ranftle

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Matter of Ranftle 2014 NY Slip Op 02102 Decided on March 27, 2014 Court of Appeals Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on March 27, 2014
No. 122 SSM 3

[*1]In the Matter of H. Kenneth Ranftle, & c., Deceased. Ronald J. Ranftle, Appellant, J. Craig Leiby, Respondent.




Submitted by Nicholas A. Penkovsky, for appellant.
Submitted by Susan L. Sommer, for respondent.


On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, with costs, and certified question not answered upon the ground that it is unnecessary. The affirmed findings of fact regarding decedent's change of domicile, made under the proper evidentiary standard, have support in the record and are beyond our further review. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Rivera concur. Judge Abdus-Salaam took no part.
Decided March 27, 2014

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