Process, where returnable The process of a surrogate's court, except where otherwise prescribed by law, must be made returnable before th... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 305. Process, where returnable
The process of a surrogate's court, except where otherwise prescribed by law, must be made returnable before the court from which it was issued.
Unless another law provides otherwise, Surrogate’s Court process must be returnable before the same court that issued it. ★
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.