MATTER OF WARD


242 A.D.2d 303 (1997)

661 N.Y.S.2d 964

In the Matter of The Estate of Frances T. Ward, Deceased. Frana W. Coates, Appellant; William B. Ayers, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of The Estate of Frances T. Ward, Deceased. Frana W. Coates, Appellant; William B. Ayers, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

August 11, 1997


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellant.

The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by dismissing the appellant's objections since the Surrogate's Court gave the appellant notice that her objections would be dismissed if she failed to comply with an order dated May 8, 1996, directing her to appear for an examination before trial. The record indicates that she deliberately defied...

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