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Probate Proceedings; Construction of Wills; Right of Election

N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1401— Proceeding to compel production of will Whenever it shall appear to the court, sua sponte, or by the petition of a person authorized unde..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1402— Who may propound will; contents of petition; direction of court 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1403— Persons to be served; content of process 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1404— Witnesses to be examined; proof required 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1405— When court may dispense with testimony of witness 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1406— Proof of will by affidavit of attesting witness out of court 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1407— Proof of lost or destroyed will A lost or destroyed will may be admitted to probate only if 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1408— Probate not allowed unless court satisfied 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1409— Notice of probate 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1410— Who may file objections to probate of an alleged will Any person whose interest in property or in the estate of the testator would be adv..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1411— Citation upon filing of objections 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1412— Preliminary letters testamentary 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1413— Revocation of letters upon proof of will Where temporary letters of administration, preliminary letters testamentary or letters of admini..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1414— When letters testamentary may be issued 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1415— Supplementary letters, executors not named in letters not to act If the disability of an infant or a noncitizen named as an executor in a..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1416— Executor failing to qualify or renounce; how excluded 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1417— Renunciation by nominated executor; retraction thereof 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1418— Letters of administration with will annexed; when and to whom granted 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1419— Process; renunciation or exclusion of persons having prior or equal right Every eligible person having a right to letters of administrati..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1420— Proceeding for construction of will; effect of decree 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1421— Election by surviving spouse 1
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1422— Record of wills; evidence A certified copy of the record of the decree admitting a will to probate and of the record of the will so admit..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1423— Record of wills in former courts of probate; evidence The exemplification of the record of a will proved before the judge of the former c..
N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1424— Foreign wills; evidence after lapse of time The exemplification of the record of a will which has been duly proved before a court or offi..