Court citation regarding the estate of James S. O'Keefe.

ERIE COUNTY

LEGAL NOTICE



New York State Surrogate's Court

New York State Bar Association Official OCA Forms

NYSBA

File No. 2024-2044/A

CITATION

SURROGATE'S COURT, ERIE COUNTY

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent

TO: Bryn Kennedy O'Keefe; Finnegan Tomas O'Keefe; Any and all persons who are, or who claim to be shareholders of Elite Trim Co, Inc., if any such there be; and to Any and all persons who are, or who claim to be heirs at law, next of kin, distributees of the decedent named below, if any such there be, all of whom and all of whose names, ages, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the Petitioner(s) and cannot after due diligence used be ascertained; Jennifer G. Flannery - Erie County Public Administrator; and Hon. Letitia James - Attorney General of the State of New York.

A petition been duly filed by Jennifer A. Kennedy, residing at 13696 Schang Road, East Aurora, New York 14052, as Administrator of the Estate of James S. O'Keefe, praying for a determination that James S. O'Keefe was the sole shareholder and owner of Elite Trim Co, Inc.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, Erie County, 92 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, New York, on May 6, 2026, at 9:30 in the forenoon of that day, why the Surrogate's Court, under Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 2107(2), should not determine that James S. O'Keefe was the sole shareholder and owner of Elite Trim Co, Inc., and authorize Jennifer A. Kennedy to wind up Elite Trim Co, Inc.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed,

March 12, 2026

Seal

Lewis Gianola PLLC

Firm

HON. Acea M. Mosey

300 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202

Address

Hon. Acea M. Mosey, Surrogate Judge

Sinide M Wredrick

Linda M. Wiedrick, Chief Clerk

Roy H. Cunningham, Esq.

Attorney Name

(716) 316-0868 Telephone

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