EPTL § 1-2.7

Fiduciary  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 1-2.7 Fiduciary

A fiduciary is a person who meets the description, in this part, of a "personal representative" or who is designated by the creator or by the court to act as an assignee for the benefit of creditors, or a committee, conservator, curator, custodian, guardian, trustee or donee of a power during minority.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EPT/1-2.7

In plain English

A fiduciary is a personal representative described in this part or a person appointed by the creator or court to act as an assignee for creditors, committee, conservator, curator, custodian, guardian, trustee, or holder of a power during minority. ★

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.

In print

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.