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We have considered whether her interposition of the motion constitutes a voluntary election to proceed pro se as of that date. The March 14, 2016 order required the movant, RK, to serve the order upon Marianne and all interested parties within 10 days. The inclusion of Kelly of RK, and the exclusion of Marianne, as recipient of the motion, supports a conclusion that Farrell Fritz, P.C., as attorneys for the movants, was unaware, as of May 13, 2016, that RK's motion for leave to withdraw had been decided two months earlier. 1 [2020]), that the Surrogate's Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying the petitioner a reasonable adjournment of the trial date and thereafter proceeding with the trial in her absence. Keller told Kelly that RK's motion for leave to withdraw in the accounting proceeding had been granted in March 2016. Here, there is no evidence that Marianne knew that Reppert had a health impairment at the time she initially retained him some 10 years earlier. . Skip In an order dated June 9, 2016, the Surrogate's Court memorialized the conference held the day before. Thus, we reverse the order dated March 6, 2017, denying Marianne's motion to vacate the July 1, 2016 order, grant her motion, and vacate the July 1, 2016 order. By order dated the following day, March 3, 2016, the Surrogate's Court granted Sills Cummis's withdrawal motion in the accounting proceeding. IN RE: Oleg CASSINI (2020) | FindLaw Oleg Cassini's widow released from Nassau's jail They further argued that RK employed at least one attorney besides Reppert, namely, Kelly, who was quite familiar with the proceeding. Her legal team had tried to stop the auction in recent weeks. As a consequence, a stay went into effect with respect to the accounting proceeding on March 3, 2016. The Surrogate's Court issued an order dated November 14, 2017, in which it deemed Marianne to be in civil contempt for her failure to comply with the court's October 19, 2016 order, and directed that she could purge her contempt by complying with the October 19, 2016 order within 10 days of the filing of the November 14, 2017 order with notice of entry. (15 NY3d 384 [2010]). In light of our determination, we need not reach the objectants' remaining contentions. Cassinis widow Marianne Nestor Cassini has been entangled in years-long legal battles with the designers descendants. In a decision and order dated August 23, 2017, this Court affirmed the grant of a motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss portions of the legal malpractice complaint (see Nestor v Putney Twombly Hall & Hirson, LLP, 153 AD3d 840). She claimed that she was never informed of a date when her opposition to the cross motion would be due, or when it was to be rescheduled. Second, the defendant responded to that notice by voluntarily electing to proceed pro se. Second, in an order dated November 5, 2015, the Surrogate's Court, upon a decision dated October 9, 2015, granted the objectants' motion for summary judgment sustaining certain specified objections to Marianne's account. According to Harper, the April 6, 2016 "conference" was in connection with the cross motion in the accounting proceeding to appoint a receiver. The Interplay between CPLR 321 (b) and (c). Marianne voluntarily made a pro se motion on June 28, 2016, seeking to amend the order dated November 5, 2015, sustaining certain objections to Marianne's account and to vacate certain transcripts of judgments. Developments Subsequent to the Orders Appealed From. WebMarianne served as executor of the decedent's estate for several years (see id. On May 23, 2016, Kelly again called the court. In re Cassini | 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 1055 - Casemine Appellate Division, Second Department In dealing with death, removal, or disability of an attorney of record for a party, CPLR 321 (c) postulates the existence of a singular individual who has died, has been removed or suspended, or has become disabled. Meanwhile, Marianne filed a petition in the Surrogate's Court, Nassau County, for judicial settlement of her intermediate account as executor, covering the period from March 17, 2006, through December 21, 2010, and listing total{**182 AD3d at 18} gross assets of more than $56 million (hereinafter the accounting proceeding). Since both before and after the interposition of the June 28, 2016 motion, Marianne clearly sought the services of counsel, we cannot say the June 28 motion reflected her volitional determination to represent herself as of that date. IX. MATTER OF CASSINI | 180 A.D.3d 773 (2020) However, Kelly averred that he had not received an order or decision on RK's motion for leave to withdraw in the accounting proceeding. On 02/16/2010 MARIANNE NESTOR CASSINI filed a Property - Other Real Property lawsuit against CHRISTINA TIERNEY CASSINI. [FN4] We cannot assume that the Surrogate's Court was unaware of its orders. {**182 AD3d at 22}. The objectants contend that, even if Reppert was disabled, the statutory stay was not implicated because Marianne failed to oppose or object to RK's withdrawal motion. Oleg Cassini Estate Auction Rings Up The record includes papers in connection with motions for leave to withdraw made separately by RK and by Sills Cummis. Second, a person is aggrieved when someone asks for relief against him or her, which the person opposes, and the relief is granted in whole or in part" (Mixon v TBV, Inc., 76 AD3d 144, 156-157 [2010] [emphasis and footnotes omitted]). To the contrary, the record contains uncontradicted assertions by Kelly that he continued to ask the court for a decision on RK's motion for leave to withdraw from the accounting proceeding until May 23, 2016, when he finally learned of the existence of the March 14, 2016 order. He was survived by his wife, Marianne Nestor Cassini, and two daughters from his marriage to the actress Gene Tierney, Daria Cassini and Christina Cassini (see id.). Likewise, while Marianne, on or about June 17, 2016, executed an affidavit in opposition to the objectants' motion to preclude evidence in the accounting proceeding, this affidavit was submitted under compulsion of the June 9, 2016 order and cannot be considered a voluntary election to appear pro se. We held in Nestor v Putney Twombly Hall & Hirson, LLP (153 AD3d 840) that California Code of Civil Procedure 366.3 is a procedural statute of limitations, and not a statute of repose, and thus, is inapplicable to this Surrogate's Court proceeding in New York (see Nestor v Putney Twombly Hall & Hirson, LLP, 153 AD3d at 842-843). You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. Moray involved the circumstance where the attorney of record was suspended from the practice of law. The use of a stipulation of substitution, which avoids expense and delay, is common where the client, the outgoing attorney, and the incoming attorney (who could be the client pro se) are entirely in agreement on the substitution (see Vincent C. Alexander, Practice Commentaries, McKinney's Cons Laws of NY, Book 7B, CPLR C321:2 at 181 [2010 ed]). ", In opposition, the objectants assert that CPLR 321 (c) does not apply to the situation at hand because RK and Sills Cummis moved for leave to withdraw under CPLR 321 (b) (2) and there is no evidence that any force majeure event occurred which would have triggered the application of CPLR 321 (c). He came to the United States as a young man after starting as a designer in Rome, and quickly got work with Paramount Pictures. This case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Courts, Stanley Mosk Courthouse located in Los Angeles, California. In the order dated March 6, 2017, the Surrogate's Court denied Marianne's motion to vacate the July 1, 2016 order, in effect, granting the objectants' cross motion to appoint a receiver, upon her default, and appointing a receiver. In Moray, this Court affirmed the Supreme Court's order granting the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b) to dismiss the action for failure to timely serve a complaint, holding, inter alia, that the plaintiff's contention that the action{**182 AD3d at 44} had been stayed pursuant to CPLR 321 (c) was raised for the first time on appeal and, thus, was not properly before us (see Moray v Koven & Krause, Esqs., 62 AD3d 765 [2009], revd 15 NY3d 384 [2010]). [FN10] We thus treat July 25, 2016, as the terminus of the CPLR 321 (c) stay. In contrast, where CPLR 321 (c) is triggered, an automatic stay takes hold upon the occurrence of the triggering event. We conclude that it was not, bearing in mind that on the July 25, 2016 trial date, Marianne appeared with prospective counsel, McKay. This was, under the circumstances, the practical equivalent of more than 30 days' notice to the litigant to appoint new counsel. Also unavailing is the objectants' contention that the legislative purpose underlying the enactment of CPLR 321 (c) is to protect an unknowing client whose counsel failed to inform the client of counsel's suspension or disability. Marianne Nestor Cassini, the widow of fashion designer Oleg Cassini, sits outside Nassau Surrogate's Court on Aug. 16. Credit: Bridget Murphy. They urged that for CPLR 321 (c) to apply based on a party's attorney's mental or physical incompetency, the attorney's withdrawal application had to be supported by medical proof to substantiate the attorney's condition. Again, Marianne did not raise any issue regarding a stay under CPLR 321 (c). The stay provided for in CPLR 321 (c) went into effect upon the Surrogate's Court's finding that Reppert was disabled, which was first made in its orders dated February 16, 2016, relieving RK in the turnover and SNT proceedings. The assets included, among others, Oleg Cassini, Inc. (hereinafter OCI), and Cassini Parfums, Ltd. (hereinafter CPL). ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the objectants-respondents. Date published: Feb 13, 2020. But Marianne Nestor Cassinis attorney Vincent Reppert of Reppert Kelly said he will be back in court Friday to oppose an application to seek the sale of the Oyster Bay Cove property. Reppert had represented the decedent for more than 15 years and represented OCI and Marianne for more than 20 years. Marianne posits that, since Reppert was found to be disabled from further representation of her, a stay pursuant to CPLR 321 (c) automatically went into effect and no further proceedings could be taken against her until a notice to appoint a new attorney was served upon her. Objection 34 alleged that Marianne's account of the estate omitted a claim made by Daria asserting her entitlement to 25% of the decedent's net estate. He asserted that he was "physically unable to provide the representation that is necessary to properly represent [his client]," Marianne. Furthermore, Marianne's decision to absent herself from the trial after her motion for an adjournment was denied reflects her affirmative decision to forgo appearing at the trial at all rather than to represent herself at the trial without the aid of counsel. CPLR 321 provides three pathways by which the attorney of record for a party may seek to be replaced. Here, the objectants contended, Reppert's affirmation submitted in support of the withdrawal motion did not establish that he suffered from any injuries that prevented him from practicing law, and was not supported by medical evidence concerning his condition. of County Attorney, 61 NY2d 739, 742 [1984] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Wells Fargo Bank Minn., N.A. However, several months later, the petitioner appeared with prospective new counsel at a court conference and was advised by the court that a trial would be conducted some six weeks later, regardless of whether the petitioner was present and regardless of whether the petitioner had representation. In late January, Nestor Cassini was released after being held for six months in a Nassau County jail for defying a judges order to turn over financial statements and business records, among other material. At that time, she described the incident as an abuse of power and alleged the judge breached her own served order. Meanwhile, Daria died in 2010, and Christina, the sole distributee of Daria's estate, was appointed to serve as the administrator of Daria's estate. Contrary to Marianne's contention, she cannot take a position contrary to that taken in the estate tax return that she signed (see Mahoney-Buntzman v Buntzman, 12 NY3d 415, 422; Man Choi Chiu v Chiu, 125 AD3d 824, 826; Czernicki v Lawniczak, 74 AD3d 1121, 1125; Acme Am. Third, pursuant to CPLR 321 (c), if an attorney dies, "becomes physically or mentally incapacitated," or is removed, suspended, or otherwise becomes disabled at any time before judgment, no further proceedings may be taken against the party for whom the attorney appeared, without leave of court, until 30 days after notice to appoint another attorney has been served upon the party either personally or in such manner as the court directs. In 1952, the decedent and his then-wife Gene Tierney entered into a "Property Settlement Agreement" (hereinafter the PSA) that was incorporated by reference into a California final judgment of divorce entered April 7, 1953. He spoke directly with Keller. On June 8, 2016, Marianne appeared in the Surrogate's Court with attorney Robert McKay. Further, in making this finding in its orders, the court put the objectants on notice that Reppert was unable to continue his representation of Marianne and was thus disabled, leading to the applicability of CPLR 321 (c). At the conclusion of the June 8th conference, Marianne claims she was told that there would be another conference on June 29, 2016. Marianne Cassini spent six months in a Nassau County jail last year after failing to comply with court orders. Keller introduced the receiver to the parties seated around the conference table. While no medical testimony or documentation was provided, and the{**182 AD3d at 48} Surrogate's Court might well have denied the withdrawal motion for that reason (see Matter of Plaro Estates, Inc. v Assessor, 101 AD3d 886, 888 [2012]; Winney v County of Saratoga, 252 AD2d at 883), or requested the submission of supporting medical documentation, the court evidently was satisfied that Reppert's condition was serious and substantial, as evidenced by its unchallenged finding that Reppert was unable to continue with the representation. Ordered that the appeals from the orders dated November 14, 2017, and December 21, 2017, respectively, are dismissed; and it is further. Contrary to Marianne's contention, Daria's claim is not barred by California Code of Civil Procedure 366.3. The Surrogate's Court issued an order dated December 12, 2016, which denied, as "moot," Marianne's motion to adjourn {**182 AD3d at 34}the trial. Since the death of the Decedent, his estate (the "Estate") has [Scott T. Horn], of counsel), for petitioner-appellant. . Corp. v Pellicane (78 AD3d 622), which involved a Florida statute providing that two years after the death of a person, neither the decedent's estate, the personal representative, nor the beneficiaries shall generally be liable for any claim or cause of action against the decedent (see Fla Stat Ann 733.710[1]). The amended order dated November 13, 2017, denied Marianne's motion to vacate and declare void all decisions, orders, and judgments entered after March 14, 2016, as violative of the CPLR 321 (c) stay. While Marianne's letter did not describe the nature of that motion, the record before us includes a notice of motion dated May 13, 2016, in which the objectants sought to preclude Marianne from offering any evidence at the trial of the accounting proceeding. Marianne was given until June 22, 2016, to interpose opposition to the objectants' motion to preclude, with the motion to be submitted on June 29, 2016. The interlocutory judgment of divorce was incorporated by reference into the final judgment of divorce that was entered in 1953 (see id.). As will be discussed further infra, where an attorney seeks leave to withdraw under CPLR 321 (b) (2), the court may stay proceedings pending the determination of the motion and after the determination. Oleg Cassinis widow is blaming former friend Si Newhouse for errors in a Vanity Fair piece, according to a lawsuit filed recently in Manhattan Supreme Court. The March 14, 2016 order, granting RK's withdrawal from representing Marianne in the accounting proceeding, did not explicitly state that Marianne had to find new counsel. Cassini Of course, some further action must be taken in order for the discharge to be made known to the other parties to the action and to the court. Marianne, in a later reply affidavit, claimed that McKay filed a special appearance for the order to show cause only. The November 14, 2017 order stated, in part: {**182 AD3d at 38}D. The Order Dated December 21, 2017. They did not seek relief on an expedited basis by applying for an order to show cause. This pathway requires the attorney of record to move, by order to show cause, on such notice as the court may direct, to be relieved. {**182 AD3d at 37}. Cassini Harper, in an affirmation submitted in connection with a later motion, asserted that no attorney from either RK or Sills Cummis appeared on the return date of the withdrawal motions even though an appearance typically was required on the return date of a motion in the Surrogate's Court. He was survived by his wife, Marianne Nestor Cassini (hereinafter Marianne), and two daughters from his prior By Assignment of Judgment dated June 13, 2019 (the Assignment), Joseph DeFino, original petitioner herein, assigned a certain judgment against respondent that was filed in the office of the New York Clerk on September 12, 2014 to (hereinafter Sills Cummis). Kelly emailed Keller that day, with copies to Harper, among others. B230315]). The adverse parties themselves failed to serve the orders and also to serve the petitioner with a notice to appoint new counsel. The state Appellate Division found in February 2020 that Nassau authorities should have given Marianne Cassini more time to find a new lawyer after her first attorney withdrew for medical reasons before a July 2016 trial in the case, and has ordered a new trial. A court spokesman said Reilly was prohibited from commenting. By letter also dated May 25, 2016, Marianne also wrote to Surrogate Reilly, seeking similar relief, namely, that "since I did not receive the Decision and Order until May 24, 2016 the stay be continued for a minimum of 30 days, from the date of my receipt of your Honor's Decision and Order." That action was dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction over an indispensable party (see Cassini v Belmont, 2012 WL 3594378, 2012 Cal App Unpub LEXIS 6167 [Aug. 22, 2012, No. His last will and testament was admitted to probate in the Surrogate's Court, Nassau County{**182 AD3d at 17} (see Matter of Cassini, 95 AD3d 1311, 1312 [2012]). The objectants argued that the Surrogate's Court granted RK's motion for leave to withdraw as Marianne's counsel pursuant to CPLR 321 (b) (2), not CPLR 321 (c), and thus the stay Marianne claimed to have arisen under CPLR 321 (c) did not apply. {**182 AD3d at 47} Whether such a disability has occurred, and when it occurred, may not always be readily known and, in particular, known to the adverse party. WebCassini (hereinafter the decedent), who died in March 2006. According to Harper, during that conference, Shifrin asked Marianne whether she had undertaken any efforts to retain new counsel. Marianne petitioned in the Surrogate's Court to judicially settle the intermediate account of the decedent's estate. By directing that the adverse party serve the order upon the client previously represented by the relieved attorney, the court can assure that the client is on notice that his or her attorney is relieved of further representation and that a new attorney should be retained. Although not part of these appeals, the record reflects that the Surrogate's Court issued a decision after trial dated December 19, 2017. Counsel for the Public Administrator asserted, in an affirmation submitted in support of the cross motion, that, By letter dated January 6, 2016, Christopher P. Kelly of RK wrote to the Surrogate's Court. In an order dated November 5, 2015, the Surrogate's Court, inter alia, granted that branch of the motion which was for summary judgment sustaining certain objections to Marianne's account, and denied that branch of Marianne's cross motion which was for summary judgment dismissing objection 34. "It is obvious that Mr. McKay and the other counsel who commenced review of this voluminous file would not be able to represent me in this action on such short notice and that I would be left without an attorney and that by the Court saying that it would proceed without me, [it] is prejudicing me for no apparent reason other than its apparent disdain for me and the case.". Harper also stated that, after the April court date, the cross motion was submitted for decision. Harper asserted that "Marianne decided to remain at the June 8, 2016 conference and to represent herself." CASSINI Reppert's medical condition, which deteriorated well after he began representing Marianne in lengthy, protracted proceedings, was a cause over which Marianne had no control and was not due to fault on her part. ORDERED that the appeal by Peggy Nestor from so much of the order as denied that branch of the cross motion of Marianne Nestor Cassini which was for summary judgment dismissing objection 34 to the account of the estate is dismissed, as Peggy Nestor is not aggrieved by that portion of the order (see Mixon v TBV, Inc., 76 AD3d 144, 156-157); and it is further. ", Similarly, in a later affidavit, Marianne asserted that on June 8, 2016, the Surrogate's Court directed that the trial would proceed on Monday, July 25, 2016. According to the receiver, By order dated July 14, 2016, the Surrogate's Court granted the objectants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3126, {**182 AD3d at 32}By order to show cause dated July 21, 2016, Marianne attempted to move to "[p]ostpon[e] the [a]ccounting [proceeding] Trial presently scheduled for July 25, 2016 to a future date i) following the completion of testing comparing the DNA of [the decedent] and Christina; ii) following the completion of a homicide investigation into the death of Daria"; to "[p]ostpon[e] the [a]ccounting [proceeding] Trial until Marianne . While at least some of Marianne's statements are at variance with the terms of the June 9, 2016 order, and that order lists her (and not any attorney for her) in the recitation of counsel following the court's signature, the record does not contain any evidence that the order was served on Marianne or that she had knowledge of the order, though she certainly had knowledge of some of its terms, such as the setting of the trial date and the court's intention to proceed with or without her. The other July 11, 2016 pro se motion was to vacate the July 1, 2016 order, inter alia, appointing a receiver. The Surrogate's Court, inter alia, granted Christina's cross motion for summary judgment, and this Court affirmed (see Matter of Cassini, 95 AD3d 1311). The conduct of such proceedings contravened the terms of the March 14, 2016 order, providing for a 30-day stay of proceedings in the accounting proceeding as of the date of the order. [2] Here, in moving for leave to withdraw from representing Marianne, Reppert asserted that, for medical reasons, he had been unable to fully return to the practice of law full-time since July 2015. Decided on February 13, 2020 However, the parties here do not argue that Kelly's unhampered ability to continue to represent Marianne precludes the application of CPLR 321 (c) as the result of Reppert's personal circumstances. Marianne cross-moved, among other things, for summary judgment dismissing objection 34 to the account of the estate. By the order dated March 6, 2017, the Surrogate's Court denied her motion to vacate. 182 AD3d 1 [2020]). The copy of the order in the record does not contain a filed or entered stamp affixed by the Clerk of the Court. Indeed, the Surrogate's Court's own statement that the cross motion was submitted, unopposed, in April 2016, raises questions. v Coletta, 153 AD3d 757, 758 [2017]; HSBC Bank USA v Josephs-Byrd, 148 AD3d at 790). That statute provides that actions to enforce claims arising from a promise or agreement with a decedent to distribution from an estate may be commenced within one year after the date of death (see Cal Code Civ Proc 366.3[a]).

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