Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Postley
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 22, 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
C. Raymond Radican, J.
In this contested probate proceeding which, in addition, includes counterclaims by the contestants to set aside certain inter vivos transactions made by the decedent, the contestants move to examine a Dr. Vengos, a Swiss psychiatrist who treated the decedent.
An unsworn statement by Dr. Vengos dated December 26, 1979 (shortly before the execution of the instrument offered for probate on March 14, 1980) was submitted by the surviving spouse in a proceeding to have a conservator appointed for the decedent. The statement characterizes the decedent as…
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