Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Oswald Jordan, Deceased. Victor Jordan, Appellant; Lenna Susannah Jordan, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-11-29
Citations: 89 A.D.3d 1085
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Oswald Jordan, Deceased. Victor Jordan, Appellant; Lenna Susannah Jordan, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 1085–1086

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Oswald Jordan, Deceased. Victor Jordan, Appellant; Lenna Susannah Jordan, Respondent.
[933 NYS2d 593]

Opinion:
SCPA 1001, which sets forth the priority for the issuance of letters of administration, unequivocally provides that the surviving spouse has priority over all other distributees of the intestate (see SCPA 1001 [1] [a]). Accordingly, the Surrogate's Court properly denied the appellant's petition for the issuance of letters of administration and granted the cross petition of Lenna Susannah Jordan for the issuance of permanent letters of administration to her, as the surviving spouse, and to revoke temporary letters of administration previously issued to the appellant (see Matter of Morris, 69 AD3d 635, 636 [2010]).
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit (see SCPA 711, 719, 1001 [1] [a]). Rivera, J.R, Leventhal, Belen and Roman, JJ., concur.