In re the Estates of Berrios

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

In the judgment of the court, the best interests of the estate will be promoted by the appointment of the petitioner, the father of the decedents. Limited letters of administration will accordingly be granted to him in each estate. (Surrogate’s Ct. Act, § 118.)

The respondent, who is the mother of the decedents, contends that in the decree of divorce which she obtained in Puerto Rico against the petitioner, it was decreed that respondent “ will keep the patria potestas over her minor children * * * she being willing that said children — remain as up to the present under…