In re the Estate of Malan
Opinion of the Court
In a contested probate proceeding, the objectant Isabella Soma appeals from an order and decree (one paper) of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County (Scarpino, S.), dated July 13, 2007, which granted the petitioner’s motion for summary judgment dismissing her objections to probate and admitted the will to probate.
Ordered that the order and decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellant personally.
On her motion for summary judgment, the petitioner established that the subject will was duly executed pursuant to EETL 3-2.1. The attestation clause and self-proving affidavit give rise to a presumption of compliance with all statutory provisions (see Matter of Collins, 60 NY2d 466, 471 [1983]; Matter of Moskoff, 41 AD3d 481 [2007]). Moreover, although one of the two attesting witnesses who were deposed did not recall the execution ceremony, both identified their signatures on the will and affidavit of execution (see Matter of Rosen, 291 AD2d 562 [2002]). In opposition, Isabella Soma, the objectant to the will, failed to raise a triable issue of fact.
The petitioner also established that the decedent was
The objectant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Florio, J.E, Angiolillo, McCarthy and Chambers, JJ., concur.
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