Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 21, 2012 (In re the Estate of Shapiro)

Lahtinen, J.

Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Sullivan County (McGuire, S.), entered January 10, 2012, which, among other things, denied respondent’s motion to dismiss the probate petition.

Decedent’s two children have been involved in extensive litigation over her reportedly modest estate since her death in April 2008.