Powers of custodian · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 7-6.13 Powers of custodian
(a) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only.
(b) This section does not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of 7-6.12.
A custodian acting as custodian has all rights and powers an unmarried adult owner has over property, but may use them only in that custodial role and remains liable for violating § 7-6.12. ★
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.