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Probate Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Carey, Sean

 

AC48128In re Probate Appeal of Barbera (“The plaintiff, James Barbera III, appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court dismissing his appeal from a November 29, 2021 decree of the Probate Court for the district of Greenwich. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the Superior Court improperly concluded that (1) it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to entertain his motion for payment of attorney’s fees that he incurred in an effort to remove the defendant Ronald A. Young as trustee of the Evelynann L. Barbera Revocable Trust (trust), (2) the plaintiff had not appealed from the decree of the Probate Court approving the final accounting of the successor trustee, Nicholas Bellantoni (successor trustee), (3) the final accounting of the successor trustee incorporated expenditures itemized in a prior accounting filed by the defendant one year earlier, and (4) the plaintiff’s petition to surcharge was barred by the statute of limitations contained in General Statutes § 45a-186 (b). We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.”)