Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Will of Caeti
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 1, 1955PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McGrath, S.
The preliminary issue presented in this probate proceeding is the objectant’s status as the widow of the decedent.
To establish her status, Pauline Caeti, the objectant, proved that a religious marriage ceremony was performed between her and the decedent on June 12, 1948, in the State of Connecticut. At that time the objectant was single and the decedent had a wife by a prior marriage.
Ho issue was born of either union.
The objectant relies upon the presumption of the validity of the second marriage (Matter of Dugro, 261 App. Div. 236, affd. 287 N. Y. 595).
*354From the evidence it appears…
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