When personal and representative causes of action may be joined · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 11-4.2 When personal and representative causes of action may be joined
Actions or proceedings brought against a personal representative personally and in his representative capacity may be joined. In such case a judgment for the plaintiff must clearly indicate whether it is awarded against the defendant personally or in his representative capacity.
Claims against a personal representative personally and in the representative capacity may be joined. ★ Any plaintiff’s judgment must clearly state which capacity bears the award.
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.