Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Grochocki
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 21, 2015Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David H. Guy, S.
Deborah A. Grochocki died September 10, 2014, leaving a last will and testament dated October 9, 2012, which devises her entire estate to her son, John C. Greenleaf. The will provides that if Mr. Greenleaf predeceases decedent, the estate will pass to decedent’s friend, Cari Marie Slater, who survived decedent and was also nominated as executor in the will.
The petition for the probate of the will, filed September 22, 2014 by the named executor, lists Mr. Greenleaf as under disability, due to incarceration. Mr. Greenleaf is a convicted murderer and has been…
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