Action by representative of representative · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 11-3.4 Action by representative of representative
Except as otherwise prescribed by law, a personal representative of a personal representative has no authority to commence or maintain any action or proceeding relating to the estate, effects or rights of the decedent of the first representative, or to take any charge or control thereof, as such representative.
Unless another law provides otherwise, the personal representative of a deceased personal representative cannot start or maintain proceedings, or control property, concerning the original decedent’s estate merely through that later appointment. ★
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.