In re the Estate of Genna

Nathan B. Sobel, S.

The “ descendants ” have elected to contest the charitable dispositions in Mrs. Genna’s will. Since she died on May 14,1967, the provisions of section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law determine whether the dispositions to charity made by testatrix exceed the maximum permissible by law, i.e.,1 ‘ more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts

*680Objections have been filed by the contestants to the account. As amended by the executor, instructions by the court are now required to determine the share of the charities and of the contestants. With…