In re the Estate of Braun

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

Letters of administration had been heretofore granted to the respondent upon the representation that the nearest blood relatives were the decedent’s brother and sisters. The petitioner seeks the revocation of such letters and the issuance of letters to her as the decedent’s daughter and sole distributee, alleging that the grant of the respondent’s letters 1 ‘ was obtained by a false suggestion of a material fact ’ ’ (Surrogate’s Ct. Act, § 99, subd. 4). The petitioner’s status as the decedent’s daughter is challenged by the respondent. The burden of proving that she is…