Enumerated proceedings not exclusive The proceedings enumerated in this act shall not be deemed exclusive and the court is empowered in a... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 202. Enumerated proceedings not exclusive
The proceedings enumerated in this act shall not be deemed exclusive and the court is empowered in any proceeding, whether or not specifically provided for, to exercise any of the jurisdiction granted to it by this act or other provisions of law, notwithstanding that the jurisdiction sought to be exercised in the proceeding is or may be exercised in or incidental to a different proceeding.
The listed proceedings are not the only proceedings Surrogate’s Court may hear. The court may use any jurisdiction granted by this act or other law in any proceeding, even when that authority is also available in, or incidental to, a different proceeding. ★
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.