Distributee · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-2.5 Distributee
A distributee is a person entitled to take or share in the property of a decedent under the statutes governing descent and distribution.
A distributee is a person entitled by the laws of descent and distribution to receive or share in a decedent’s property. ★
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.