In re the Estate of Hatzistefanou

Millard L. Midoxick, S.

In this pending probate proceeding the nominated fiduciary under a prior will seeks permission to file objections to probate of a later instrument.

SOPA 1410 provides that: “ one whose only financial interest [in the estate] would be in the commissions to which he would have been entitled if his appointment as fiduciary were not revoked by a later instrument shall not be entitled to file objections to the probate of such instrument unless authorized by the court for good cause shown.”

It does not appear that .“ good cause ” has as yet been defined by the courts, but it…