Special applications · as in force on May 31, 2026
All applications, including applications to dispense with statutorily required personal appearances, period of residence of a child, or period of waiting after filing of the adoption petition, shall be made in writing and shall be accompanied by affidavits setting forth the reasons for the application and all facts relevant thereto.
This rule says how special requests in an adoption are made: all applications, including those to excuse required personal appearances, the child's period of residence, or the waiting period after filing the petition, shall be made in writing with affidavits giving the reasons and all relevant facts. ★
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.