In re the Estate of Griffin

OPINION OF THE COURT

John B. Riordan, J.

In this uncontested probate proceeding the named attorney-executor whose partner drafted the will dated August 1, 2002 requests that the disclosure statement required by SCPA 2307-a, *296signed by the decedent on the same day as the will, be accepted notwithstanding its failure to comply with the 2004 amendment to SCPA 2307-a.

Subdivision (3) of SCPA 2307-a sets forth “Models of acknowledgment of disclosure,” both of which models prior to 2004 contained merely three items of required disclosure to the testator. By the amendment made in 2004, an additional…