In re the Estate of Thompson

Appeals (1) from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Rensselaer County (Hummel, S.), entered September 18, 2002, which dismissed petitioners’ application for the establishment of a constructive trust, and (2) from an order of said court, entered December 17, 2002, which denied petitioner Stephen Thompson’s motion for reconsideration.

At the time of their marriage, decedent and respondent each had children from prior marriages. They consulted an attorney regarding estate planning and, in July 1993, decedent executed a will transferring his personal property and residuary estate to respondent.…