{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "scpa", "section": "1813", "citation": "SCPA § 1813", "heading": "Disputed or unsettled debt or claim may be compromised, compounded or sold; compromise of infant's claim or action in supreme court 1", "text": ["§ 1813. Disputed or unsettled debt or claim may be compromised,", "compounded or sold; compromise of infant's claim or action in", "supreme court", "1. Upon the application of a fiduciary or any person (other than a claimant) whose rights or interests will be affected by allowance of the claim, the court may for good cause shown either ex parte or upon notice to such persons and in such manner as it directs authorize the compromising or compounding of any debt, claim or demand, due or to become due, which is necessary to be settled, adjusted or liquidated in connection with the settlement of an estate and the sale at public auction on such notice as directed by the court of any uncollectible, stale or doubtful debt or claim belonging to the estate, but any party interested in the final settlement who has not received notice may show on the settlement that the debt or claim was fraudulently compromised or compounded.", "2. In addition to the foregoing powers, the surrogate of any county in which there is no resident justice of the supreme court qualified to act and in which there is then no term of supreme court in session may act pursuant to the provisions of the CPLR with respect to an application for the approval of a settlement of an infant's claim or of a cause of action belonging to an infant, pending in the supreme court in that county, to the same extent and with the same power and jurisdiction as though he were a justice of the supreme court."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/1813", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "The court may approve compromising estate claims and, in some counties, approve an infant's settlement.\n- **(1)** On application of the **fiduciary** or any affected person **other than a claimant**, for **good cause**, the court may, **ex parte or on notice** as it directs, authorize **compromising or compounding** any debt, claim or demand, due or to become due, that must be settled for the estate, and the **public-auction sale** of an uncollectible, stale or doubtful estate claim. ★ An interested party who **received no notice** may show on the final settlement that the claim was **fraudulently compromised**.\n- **(2)** In a county with **no qualified resident Supreme Court justice and no Supreme Court term in session**, the **surrogate may act under the CPLR** as a Supreme Court justice to approve settlement of an **infant's claim or cause of action** pending in that county's Supreme Court. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/scpa/1813", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}