In re the Estate of Albagli

*1074OPINION OF THE COURT

Lee L. Holzman, J.

In this application for letters of administration, the question presented is whether a nondomiciliary alien can ever be deemed eligible to serve as the administrator of an intestate estate, thereby enabling him to make a valid designation pursuant to SCPA 1001 (6) of a domiciliary administratrix who is neither a distributee nor a trust company (see, SCPA 1001 [7]). The answer to this question hinges upon whether SCPA 707 (1) (c), which was amended effective August 2, 1986, should be construed as including an administrator within the class of…