Engagement of counsel · as in force on May 31, 2026
No adjournment shall be granted on the ground of engagement of counsel except in accordance with Part 125 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator (22 NYCRR Part 125).
This rule limits adjournments because a lawyer is busy elsewhere: no adjournment may be granted on the ground of engagement of counsel except as allowed by Part 125 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator (22 NYCRR Part 125). ★
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.