In re the Estate of Wagoner

OPINION OF THE COURT

Cathryn M. Doyle, S.

Decedent died on September 18, 2003, leaving a will dated May 2, 2003, designating his attorney’s paralegal, Darleen L. Domanico, as executor of his estate. At the time the will was executed, decedent executed a SCPA 2307-a disclosure statement *446witnessed by his attorney only. SCPA 2307-a was enacted to reduce the possibility that a choice of executor may be induced by the attorney for his or her own benefit, rather than the client’s. The statute provides that when an attorney drafts a will in which he or she “or a then affiliated attorney” is designated…