Uniform Rules § 207.32

Identification of trial counsel · as in force on May 31, 2026

(a) Where the attorney of record for any party arranges for another attorney to conduct the trial, the trial counsel must be identified in writing to the court and all parties within 10 days after the filing of the notice of trial. The notice must be signed by both the attorney of record and the trial counsel.

(b) After trial counsel is designated as provided above, no substitution shall be permitted unless the substitute counsel is available to try the case on the day scheduled for trial. Written notice of such substitution shall be given promptly to the court and all parties.

Official sourcehttps://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-207-uniform-rules-surrogates-court

In plain English

This rule requires the court and parties to be told when someone other than the attorney of record will try the case.

(a) If the attorney of record arranges for another attorney to try the case, the trial counsel must be identified in writing to the court and all parties within 10 days after the notice of trial is filed. ★ The notice must be signed by both the attorney of record and the trial counsel.
(b) Once trial counsel is designated, no substitution is allowed unless the substitute is available to try the case on the scheduled trial day. ★ Written notice of the substitution must be given promptly to the court and all parties.

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.