*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 144

CA 10-00139

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT SILLS AND AUDREY

ELAINE SILLS, AS CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE

OF ANGELINE V. SILLS, DECEASED,

PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER FLEET NATIONAL BANK, JOAN ROYSTON AND KIRK RICHARDSON, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. ------------------------------------------- AUDREY PATRONE PEARTREE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,

RESPONDENT.

------------------------------------------- ROBERT SILLS AND AUDREY ELAINE SILLS, AS

CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF ANGELINE V.

SILLS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

V

FLEET BANK AND JOAN ROYSTON,

DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

------------------------------------------- AUDREY PATRONE PEARTREE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,

RESPONDENT.

------------------------------------------- ROBERT SILLS AND AUDREY ELAINE SILLS, AS

CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF ANGELINE V.

SILLS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

V JOAN ROYSTON, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. ------------------------------------------- AUDREY PATRONE PEARTREE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,

RESPONDENT.

(APPEAL NO. 5.)

GATES & ADAMS, P.C., ROCHESTER (MICHAEL STEINBERG OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS AND PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS.

MCDONOUGH & ARTZ, P.C., BINGHAMTON (PHILIP J. ARTZ OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT AND DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT JOAN ROYSTON. THE WOLFORD LAW FIRM LLP, ROCHESTER (ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

-2- 144 CA 10-00139 UNDERBERG & KESSLER LLP, ROCHESTER (PAUL V. NUNES OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT FLEET NATIONAL BANK AND DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT FLEET BANK.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Steuben County (Peter C. Bradstreet, A.J.), entered December 31, 2009. The order granted the application of Audrey Patrone Peartree, as guardian ad litem for decedent Angeline V. Sills, to retain Elizabeth A. Wolford as counsel to represent her in an appeal of the court’s decision and order dated September 10, 2009, and ordered that all reasonable fees and disbursements incurred by the guardian ad litem in that appeal be paid for by the Estate of Angeline V. Sills.