Severability · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-1.4 Severability
If any provision of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
If a court invalidates one provision or one application of this chapter, every other provision or application that can still operate independently remains effective. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.