{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "scpa", "section": "2313", "citation": "SCPA § 2313", "heading": "Multiple commissions of executors or trustees, donees of powers during minority, or donees of power in trust under wills of persons dying...", "text": ["§ 2313. Multiple commissions of executors or trustees, donees of powers", "during minority, or donees of power in trust under wills of", "persons dying, or lifetime trusts established, after August", "31, 1993", "With respect to wills of persons dying, or lifetime trusts established, after August 31, 1993, if there are more than two executors or trustees, donees of a power during minority, or donees of a power in trust, no more than two commissions shall be allowed unless the decedent or creator has specifically provided otherwise in a signed writing, and the compensation thus allowable must be apportioned among the fiduciaries or donees of the power in trust according to the services rendered by them respectively unless they shall have agreed in writing among themselves to a different apportionment which, however, shall not provide for more than one full commission for any one of them."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/2313", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "For wills of people dying, or lifetime trusts created, **after August 31, 1993**, when there are **more than 2** executors, trustees, or donees of a power, **no more than 2 commissions** are allowed unless the decedent or creator **specifically provided otherwise in a signed writing**. ★ The allowable commissions are **split according to the services each rendered**, unless the fiduciaries **agree in writing** to a different split, but no agreement may give any one of them **more than 1 full commission**. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/scpa/2313", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}