Review of costs of delegation by trustee 1 · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 2115. Review of costs of delegation by trustee
1. At any time during the administration of a trust and irrespective of the pendency of a particular proceeding, the court with jurisdiction of the trust may review the reasonableness of the costs of a delegation by the trustee under section 11-2.3 of the estates, powers and trusts law and under section 554 of the not-for-profit corporation law.
2. A proceeding may be instituted by petition of the trustee or any person interested in the trust. No accounting shall be required in such proceeding.
3. The court shall grant such relief as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.
4. The terms "trust" and "trustee" as used in this section are defined in section 11-2.3 of the estates, powers and trusts law.
At any time during a trust’s administration, even without a pending proceeding, the court with jurisdiction of the trust may review whether the costs of a trustee’s delegation under EPTL § 11-2.3 and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law § 554 are reasonable. ★ The trustee or any person interested in the trust may petition; no accounting is required; and the court must grant the relief it deems appropriate. “Trust” and “trustee” have their EPTL § 11-2.3 meanings.
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.