In re the Estate of K.J.R.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

STERN, P.J.A.D.

Petitioner, Bonnie G., appeals from a judgment of the Chancery Division, Probate Part, granting the motion of the administratrix of her husband’s estate for summary judgment, and dismissing her petition to be substituted as administratrix. The parties appear to agree that such substitution would, in essence, recognize petitioner’s intestate share as surviving spouse of Kevin R. Respondent, Mildred R., decedent’s mother, was appointed administratrix ad prosequendum after presenting a death certificate indicating that Kevin was divorced at…