Failure to file timely objections · as in force on May 31, 2026
Whenever the time to file objections in a proceeding has expired, objections shall not be accepted for filing unless accompanied by a stipulation of all parties to extend the time or unless ordered by the court.
This rule bars late objections: once the time to file objections has expired, objections shall not be accepted for filing unless they come with a stipulation of all parties extending the time or the court orders it. ★
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.