In re the Estate of Schwabacher

Frankenthaler, S.

The question raised herein is whether a child born subsequent to the execution of his father’s will and *16not mentioned therein is entitled to the protection afforded by section 26 of the Decedent Estate Law. The will was executed on April 17,1941. Three years prior thereto, the deceased had amended certain life insurance policies upon his life so as to provide for payment of the proceeds to his widow in the event that she survived him or to his then living or thereafter- born children in the event that she did not. Under certain other policies, the children were named as…