Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Wimpfheimer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 3, 2005Published
1Opinion of the Court
*539OPINION OF THE COURT
Lee L. Holzman, J.
In this summary judgment motion, the proponent seeks to have the objections dismissed and the propounded instrument, dated February 10, 1992, admitted to probate. The proponent is the decedent’s husband. He is also the nominated executor and the principal beneficiary of the estate under the propounded instrument. The objectant is the son of the decedent and the proponent. He is also the proponent’s former law partner. This will contest appears to be a skirmish in the larger battle involving the former law partnership.
The decedent died on February 12,…
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