In re Rapoport

The Surrogate properly denied the proposed intervenors’ request to intervene in the reformation proceeding regarding the testator’s will. The proposed intervenors are not named in the will — a fact that they concede — and cannot fulfill the requirement under CPLR 1012 that the judgment may adversely affect their interests (see Matter of Vaughn, 267 AD2d 763, 763-764 [1999]; Matter of Flemm, 85 Misc 2d 855, 857 [1975]). Indeed, the proposed intervenors base their argument in favor of intervention on the occurrence of a contingent event that *510might or might not occur at an indeterminate time in…