Rules for surrogates' courts The court in each county may make such rules for the conduct of business in its court as it may deem necessa... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 105. Rules for surrogates' courts
The court in each county may make such rules for the conduct of business in its court as it may deem necessary, not inconsistent with statute, and subject to the rules and orders of the administrative board and appellate division applicable thereto.
A Surrogate’s Court in each county may make rules needed to conduct its business, but those rules cannot conflict with statute and remain subject to applicable administrative-board and appellate-division rules and orders. ★
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.