When jurisdiction in personam obtained The court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any person as to any matter within the subject m... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 211. When jurisdiction in personam obtained
The court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any person as to any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the court, if, on analogous facts in an action in the supreme court, such person would be subject to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
Surrogate’s Court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on a matter within its subject-matter jurisdiction whenever Supreme Court would have personal jurisdiction over that person on comparable 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 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.