Rochelle S. Moser v. Anne Sisko Pollin, Irvin Pollin, Hyman Sisko, and George M. Cerrone

STRAUB, Circuit Judge.

We are presented in this appeal with an intra-family dispute concerning the validity of the last will and testament of Isidore Sisko (also referred to herein as the “decedent”), a late resident of Jackson Heights, New York. In that testamentary instrument — which was admitted to probate in 1994 by the New York State Surrogate’s Court for Queens County (the “Surrogate’s Court”) — Isidore Sisko bequeathed the entirety of his estate to his sister, Defendant-Appellee Anne Sisko Pollin (“A.S. Pollin”), but gave nothing to his daughter and only child, Plaintiff-Appellant…