At issue in this construction proceeding is the applicability of the antilapse statute (EPTL 3-3.3). Petitioner, a sister of the testatrix, maintains that the qualification "Unless the will provides otherwise" (EPTL 3-3.3, subd [a]) was met so as to defeat such application, but we fully agree with the Surrogate's rejection of her contention. The specific and residuary gifts favoring respondents' father, a brother of the testatrix who was living at the time the will was executed...
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