DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, and the order dated September 29, 1999, is vacated.
The courts cannot exercise jurisdiction over a deceased person, as opposed to such a person's personal representative (see Waldman v. Mechanical Sys., 294 A.D.2d 354, 355; EPTL 11-3.1). Here, this proceeding was commenced against a deceased person. Thus, the order appealed from is a nullity and must be vacated, and this Court has no jurisdiction to hear the appeal (see Waldman v. Mechanical Sys., supra; Cocozelli Lerner Meunkle Grossman v. Basile, 247 A.D.2d 354, 355).
RITTER, J.P., FLORIO, FEUERSTEIN and LUCIANO, JJ., concur.