Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Murray
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 3, 2006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*592OPINION OF THE COURT
Barbara Howe, J.
This is a petition for probate, in which preliminary letters have been issued to the nominated executor, Eleanor Murray, decedent’s surviving spouse. Waivers have been signed consenting to probate by decedent’s three sons, but an issue exists with respect to a purported waiver submitted on behalf of decedent’s daughter, Jane M. Trotter.
Jane, who was born in November 1944, is an adult under a disability. Eleanor Murray states in her supplement to the probate petition that Jane has “for many years lacked legal capacity.” However, other information establishes…
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