Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellant personally.
SCPA 206 (1) unambiguously provides that "[t]he surrogate's court of any county has jurisdiction over the estate of any non-domiciliary decedent who leaves property in the state." "[F]or the Surrogate's Court to decline jurisdiction, it should be
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