Legal Opinion

Matter of West

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 21, 2017No. 3158 2218/10PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Decree, Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Nora S. Anderson, S.), entered October 19, 2015, admitting a will to probate, and bringing up for review an order, same court and Surrogate, entered July 8, 2015, which granted proponent’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the objections to probate, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Proponent made a prima facie showing of due execution of the will, through the submission of the will’s attestation clause, the self-proving affidavit of the attesting witnesses, and the testimony of the witnesses (see Matter of Halpern, 76 AD3d 429, 432 [1st Dept…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of WaltherNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. In re the Estate of EastmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. In re the Estate of HalpernNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. In re SchlaegerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Matter of Shui Yuk Mak ChinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Matter of HartofilisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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