In re the Estate of Paul

Appeals (1) from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Ulster County (Traficanti, Jr., S.), entered June 13, 1983, which denied petitioner’s motion to vacate a previous decree by said court settling the estate of Henry Paul, and (2) from an order by said court, entered August 30, 1983, which denied petitioner’s motion for renewal and reargument.

The issue in this case is whether the Surrogate properly denied, without a hearing, petitioner’s application to vacate the decree settling the estate of Henry Paul, with respect to the question of whether petitioner’s release waiving citation and…