Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Sanger

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided June 30, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward W. McCarty III, J.

In this contested probate proceeding, the petitioner, decedent’s surviving spouse and primary legatee Michele Sanger, moves for an order pursuant to CPLR 3212 granting summary judgment admitting the proffered instrument dated April 1, 2005 to probate and dismissing the objections filed by decedent’s children from a prior marriage, Stacie Peckett and Warren Sanger, Jr.

The decedent died on March 18, 2012. He was 69 years old. Decedent and petitioner were married on June 30, 2001. They had one child together, a daughter Sydney who was not quite five…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  2. Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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  4. Friends of Animals, Inc. v. Associated Fur Manufacturers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Phillips v. Joseph Kantor & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1972

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