Opinion
December 22, 1997
Appeal from the Surrogate's Court, Kings County (Scholnick, S.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs payable by the appellant.
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the petitioner was not prohibited by the doctrine of "unclean hands" from seeking to have the decedent's one-half interest in the property at issue reconveyed by the appellant to the decedent's estate ( cf., Pattison v. Pattison, 301 N.Y. 65; Lagonegro v. Lagonegro, 187 A.D.2d 490; Langdon v. Langdon, 138 A.D.2d 358).
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.
Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein and Lerner, JJ., concur.