In re the Estate of Othmer

—In a proceeding pursuant to SCPA 1421 to determine the validity and effect of a *616right of election under EPTL 5-1.1-A asserted by the guardian ad litem of Mildred Topp Othmer, who is the decedent’s surviving spouse, Wendell L. Quist, the court-appointed conservator, and Mary D. Seina, the court-appointed guardian for Mildred Topp Othmer, appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Scholnick, S.), dated July 23, 1997, which, inter alia, granted the motions of Polytechnic University, the Long Island College Hospital, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Board of Regents of the…