AC48128 – In 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.”)