In re Scamardella

—In a probate proceeding, the petitioner Joann Scamardella, the named executrix under the will offered for probate, appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Richmond County (D’Arrigo, S.), dated May 21, 1996, as denied her application for preliminary letters testamentary and granted letters of temporary administration to the Public Administrator, and the objectants Anna Stilwell, Vincent Scamardella, Rita Olive, Sophie Ackerman, and Louis Scamardella, cross-appeal from so much of the same order as denied the application of Anna Stilwell for the…