Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Harold Richtman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 27, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a contested probate proceeding, the objectants appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County (Radigan, S.), dated June 17, 1994, which, upon dismissing all objections to probate, admitted the decedent’s will to probate.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the objectants.

The objectants claim that the decedent lacked testamentary *641capacity, the will was not duly executed, its terms were the result of undue influence, and the Surrogate erred in not granting a continuance and allowing further testimony as to these issues.

The evidence fully supported the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of WaltherNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. In re the Estate of BushAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of BuchananAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. In re the Estate of BustanobyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. In re SpangenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. In re the Estate of MorgenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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