Case Name: In the Matter of Anise Hibbert, Deceased. Ralph S. Parker, Appellant; Colin Straker, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-03-02
Citations: 137 A.D.3d 786
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Anise Hibbert, Deceased. Ralph S. Parker, Appellant; Colin Straker, Respondent.
Judges: Balkin, J.P., Hall, Roman and Maltese, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 786–787

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Anise Hibbert, Deceased. Ralph S. Parker, Appellant; Colin Straker, Respondent.
[25 NYS3d 893]

Opinion:
In a contested probate proceeding, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Kings County (Johnson, S.), dated September 30, 2014, which denied his motion, inter alia, for leave to extend his time to file a motion, in effect, for summary judgment dismissing objections and to admit to probate the decedent's last will and testament.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In this contested probate proceeding, a pretrial order set a deadline for the filing of all pretrial motions. After the deadline for filing all pretrial motions had passed, the petitioner moved, inter alia, for leave to extend his time to file a motion, in effect, for summary judgment dismissing objections and to admit to probate the decedent's last will and testament. The Surrogate's Court denied the motion.
The petitioner failed to make a showing of good cause for the delay in making the motion, as the excuse proffered by the petitioner amounted to a perfunctory claim of law office failure (see Brill v City of New York, 2 NY3d 648, 652 [2004]; Quinones v Joan & Sanford I. Weill Med. Coll. & (Graduate Sch. of Med. Sciences of Cornell Univ., 114 AD3d 472 [2014]).
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.
Accordingly, the petitioner's motion was properly denied.
Balkin, J.P., Hall, Roman and Maltese, JJ., concur.