In re the Estate of Brunner

Millard L. Midonick, S.

This motion is made on behalf of the testator’s widow and minor child to dismiss the petition for probate in the interests of substantial justice under CPLR 327 on the ground that a French forum is convenient but a New York probate is inconvenient. The petition for probate states that the estate assets amount to between $200,000 and $300,000 but upon the oral argument of this motion the estate was said to be between one and two million dollars. The probate petition *827alleges that the decedent was domiciled at a stated street address in France and it is conceded that the…