Matter of Lindgren

The petitioner-respondent, Sonia Jordi — to whom it will be convenient to refer as the petitioner — is the mother and guardian of Gloria Lindgren, an infant, in whose behalf she seeks letters of administration upon the estate of Homer D. Lindgren, deceased. Although the petitioner was formerly the wife of the decedent, she does not ask to administer his estate because of that fact but because she is the guardian of the only child of that marriage who claims to be the sole distributee of the decedent’s estate. -(Surrogate’s Ct. Act, § 118.) The issues to be determined upon this appeal were…