In re the Estate of Richardson

Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Allegany County (Thomas P Brown, S.), entered August 2, 2006. The order granted petitioner’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the objections and admitted decedent’s will to probate.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Surrogate’s Court properly granted petitioner’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the objections filed by decedent’s mother and admitted decedent’s will to probate. “Summary judgment in contested probate proceedings, while rare,…