In re the Estate of McLaughlin

Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Broome County (Buckley, S.), entered August 1, 2012, which sua sponte denied Nina Savino’s motion to, among other things, vacate a prior decision finding her ineligible to be coexecutor of decedent’s estate.

In June 2005, decedent executed a will that named Nina Savino as a coexecutor of his estate. Following decedent’s death, his will was offered for probate and temporary letters of administration were issued to petitioner. Thereafter, Michael McLaughlin, one of decedent’s sons and beneficiaries, filed an objection to the appointment of Savino…