It is proponent's burden, in the first instance, to make a prima facie showing that decedent possessed testamentary capacity, i.e., that she understood the nature and extent of her property, was aware of the natural objects of her bounty, and understood that she was disposing of her property through the will (see Matter of Kumstar,
Petitioner met this burden with the self-proving affidavits of...
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