Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Surrogate's Court providently exercised its discretion in considering the petitioner's belated summary judgment motion. The petitioner's counsel established good cause for the delay by submitting an affidavit stating that he had been hospitalized and out of his office for a significant period of the relevant time (see Castro v Homsun Corp.,
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