In re the Estate of Coffed

William J. Regan, S.

The petitioner, as nominated alternate executor under a will purporting to be the last will and testament of Earl J. Coifed, Jr., dated September 22, 1971, has applied to this court requesting that the said will be admitted to probate and that the petitioner be issued letters testamentary thereon. The natural children of the decedent have objected to the probate of this instrument on the grounds that said instrument is not in fact the last will and testament of the decedent. The proponent in this proceeding is the stepchild of the decedent and contends that the petition…