Hearing; decree Upon the return of process issued as prescribed in the preceding section the court may make a decree suspending, modifyin... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 713. Hearing; decree
Upon the return of process issued as prescribed in the preceding section the court may make a decree suspending, modifying or revoking the letters issued to or removing the respondent or modifying the terms of his appointment or may dismiss the proceeding upon such terms as justice requires.
When process issued under the preceding section is returned, the court may suspend, modify, or revoke the respondent’s letters, remove the respondent, modify the appointment, or dismiss the proceeding, on terms justice requires. ★
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.