SURROGATES COURT PROCEDURE ACT
General
Jurisdiction and Powers
Proceedings, Pleadings and Process
Appearance; Protection of Persons under
Disability; Counsel for Indigent Adults in
Surrogate's Court Proceedings
Trials and Hearings
Orders and Decrees
General Provisions Relating to Letters
General Provisions Relating to Bonds
Temporary Administration--absentees and Internees
Intestate Administration
Public Administrators of the Counties
Within the City of New York
Public Administrators in the Counties of Erie,
Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Suffolk and
Westchester and County Treasurers
Appointed Administrators
Settlement of Small Estates Without
Court Administration
Probate Proceedings; Construction of Wills;
Right of Election
Trusts and Trustees
Foreign Estates
Guardians and Custodians
Guardians of Persons Who Are Intellectually
Disabled and Developmentally Disabled
Claims; Payment of Debts and Funeral Expenses
Disposition of Real Property
Proceeding to Open Safe Deposit Box
Miscellaneous Proceedings
Accounting
Costs, Allowances and Commissions
Court Fees
Records and Recording
The Surrogate's Court and its Officers
Appeals
Repeal; Savings Clause; Effective Date
Official Forms
Appendix A: Uniform Rules For Surrogate’s Court
ESTATES, POWERS AND TRUSTS LAW
1
General Provisions
2 Rules Governing Dispositions Subject to this Law
3 Substantive Law of Wills
4 Descent and Distribution of an Intestate Estate
5 Family Rights
6 Classification, Creation, Definition Of, and
Rules Governing Estates in Property
7 Trusts
8 Charitable Trusts
9 Perpetuities and Accumulations
10 Powers
11 Fiduciary: Powers, Duties and Limitations;
Actions by or Against in Representative or
Individual Capacities
11-A Uniform Principal and Income Act
12 Actions by Creditors and Other Persons
Against Distributees and Testamentary
Beneficiaries
13 Other Provisions Affecting Estates
13-A Administration of Digital Assets Summary
of Article
14 Repealer; Derivation and Distribution
Tables; Effective Date