ALBANY – An appeals court has deferred to a surrogate who ruled that a woman was not under the undue influence of others when she disinherited her three nephews in a new will and bequeathed $100,000 for the care of “Kissie Meouw,” her cat.

The attorney who drew up the new will in 2007 indicated that Charlotte Stafford was “very aware” and “alert” as they worked on the revisions together, the Appellate Division, Third Department said in Matter of Stafford, 516429.