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Matter of of the Estate of Pelkisson  
2007 NY Slip Op 30430(U)  
March 22, 2007  
Sur Ct, Nassau County  
Docket Number: 0335789  
Judge: John B. Riordan  
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SURROGATE'S COURT: STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU ------------------------------------------------------------------------X
Probate Proceeding, Will of  File No. 335789  
MATTHEW PELKISSON,  Decision No. 112  
Deceased.  

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In this contested probate proceeding, the petitioner moves for summary judgment dismissing the objections and admitting the will to probate; the motion is opposed by the objectant. For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted.
The decedent Matthew Pelkisson died on September 5, 2004 survived by his two adult children: the proponent Arlene Nathan and the objectant Beverly Samuels. The propounded instrument, which is dated April 4, 1987, bequeaths the entire estate to Arlene. Article SEVENTH of the will provides, "I know that I have a duaghter (sic) BEVERLY SAMUELS, but I have knowingly and intentionally made no provision in this will for her."
Objections to the propounded instrument were timely filed on November 21, 2005. The papers filed in support of the motion for summary judgment contain copies of the depositions of Norman Sarnoff, the attorney draftsman and attesting witness, and Ruth Sarnoff, Norman Sarnoff

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