SCPA § 312

Additional parties; supplemental process The court may issue a supplemental process at any time and require any party to procure it and c...  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 312. Additional parties; supplemental process

The court may issue a supplemental process at any time and require any party to procure it and cause it to be served in conformity with the provisions of 307 and 308 on any person in any proceeding, so that any person necessary or proper to a final determination therein may be made a party thereto.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/312

In plain English

At any time, the court may issue supplemental process and require a party to obtain and serve it under §§ 307 and 308 so that anyone necessary or proper to the final decision can be added as a party. ★

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.

In print

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.