Severability · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 7-6.26 Severability
If any provisions of this part or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end provisions of this part are severable.
If a provision of this part or its application is held invalid, the remaining provisions and applications that can still operate remain effective because the provisions are severable. ★
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.