In re the Estate of Murphy

OPINION OF THE COURT

Charles J. D’Arrigo, J.

In this probate proceeding, the decedent died on June 4, 1986, a resident of Richmond County. Offered for probate by decedent’s daughter, Rose McBrien, a nominated coexecutor therein, was an instrument, dated March 25, 1986, purporting *619to be the last will and testament of the decedent. The prayer for relief in the probate petition sought the issuance of letters testamentary to the petitioner and the other nominated coexecutors, Charles J. Murphy, John M. Murphy, and Frank Murphy, Jr. Upon the filing of the papers at the clerk’s office, the issue of…