Application of CPLR and other laws The CPLR and other laws applicable to practice and procedure apply in the surrogate's court except whe... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 102. Application of CPLR and other laws
The CPLR and other laws applicable to practice and procedure apply in the surrogate's court except where other procedure is provided by this act.
The CPLR and other generally applicable practice-and-procedure laws govern Surrogate's Court, except when the SCPA provides a different procedure. ★
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 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.