In re the Estate of Christopher

—In a proceeding pursuant to SCPA 2110, (1) the petitioner appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Dutchess County (Pagones, S.), dated November 24, 1999, as denied the petition for legal fees and granted that branch of the motion of Mary Lynn Greenough, Rush Greenough IV, and Christopher S. Greenough to dismiss the petition, and (2) Mary Lynn Greenough, Rush Greenough IV, and Christopher S. Greenough cross-appeal from so much of the same order as denied those branches of their motion which were to strike scandalous and prejudicial matter and to…