Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Eshagh Eshaghian, Also Known as E. Ike Eshaghian, Deceased. Mahrokh Eshaghian et al., Respondents. David Eshaghian, Nonparty Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-05-17
Citations: 7 A.D.3d 707
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Eshagh Eshaghian, Also Known as E. Ike Eshaghian, Deceased. Mahrokh Eshaghian et al., Respondents. David Eshaghian, Nonparty Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 707–708

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Eshagh Eshaghian, Also Known as E. Ike Eshaghian, Deceased. Mahrokh Eshaghian et al., Respondents. David Eshaghian, Nonparty Appellant.
[776 NYS2d 507]

Opinion:
In a proceeding to probate the last will and testament of Eshagh Eshaghian, also known as E. Ike Eshaghian, David Eshaghian appeals from (1) an order of the Surrogate's Court, Queens County (Nahman, S.), dated June 17, 2003, which denied his motion for leave to file objections to a purported codicil to the decedent's last will and testament, and (2) an order of the same court dated July 16, 2003, which denied his motion for leave to renew.
Ordered that the orders are affirmed, with one bill of costs.
The Surrogate's Court properly denied the appellant's motion for leave to file objections to a purported codicil to the decedent's last will and testament. The appellant's only interest in the estate was in the commission to which he would have been entitled if his appointment as a fiduciary in the will had not been revoked by the codicil, and the appellant, who did not waive those commissions, failed to establish that his proposed objection was prompted solely by the obligation to see that the decedent's wishes were not frustrated (see SCPA 1410; Matter of Lerman, 238 AD2d 341, 342 [1997]; Matter of Peckolick, 167 Misc 2d 597, 599 [1996]). In addition, the appellant offered only conclusory allegations of fraud, undue influence, and lack of testamentary capacity, which were insufficient to establish "good cause" for leave to file objections (see generally Matter of Lerman, supra; Matter of Marks, 142 Misc 2d 733 [1989]; Matter of Hatzistefanou, 77 Misc 2d 594 [1974]).
The Surrogate's Court properly denied the appellant's motion for leave to renew. The appellant failed to offer any new evidence in support of his motion, or any evidence that could not have been discovered with due diligence before he made his original motion (see Yarde v New York City Tr. Auth., 4 AD3d 352 [2004]; Matter of Orange & Rockland Util, v Assessor of Town of Haverstraw, 304 AD2d 668 [2003]). Florio, J.P., Townes, Cozier and Mastro, JJ., concur.