Cases in the News: Donor’s Niece Lacks Standing to Enforce
Author: Staff Editors.
Source: Volume 08, Number 04, May/June 2009 , pp.15-15(1)
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Abstract:
Only the donor or the attorney general has standing to maintain a suit to enforce the restrictions on the charitable gifts left by relatives. In Rettek v. Ellis Hospital (Case No. 1:08-CV-844 (GLS/DRH) (N.D.N.Y. Jan. 12, 2009)), a federal court applied New York law to determine that a niece did not have sufficient standing bring a suit against a hospital beneficiary for enforcement of the terms of a bequest to the hospital by her uncle and aunt.Keywords:
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