In re DiDomenico

*999The decedent, Frank DiDomenico, died on April 18, 2008, survived by his three children (hereinafter collectively the objectants). Prior to his admission to the hospital on April 7, 2008, the decedent was living at his home in Briarcliff Manor, with his companion, the petitioner, Maria Maiorano, with whom he had lived since 1995, or nearly the last 14 years of his life.

The petitioner propounded a will for probate dated April 14, 2008 (hereinafter the Will), which appointed her the executor of the estate and granted her the right to reside in the decedent’s house for a reasonable time until it…