SCPA § 714

Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the surrogate's court Whenever the supreme court shall suspend or remove or acce...  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 714. Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the

surrogate's court

Whenever the supreme court shall suspend or remove or accept the resignation of a guardian of an infant's person or property or both, or of a testamentary trustee appointed by it, a certified copy of the order or decree shall be filed in the surrogate's court of the county having jurisdiction of the infant's person or estate or of the testamentary trust and a minute thereof shall be made and indexed in the book or books kept by the surrogate in which similar orders or decrees made in each surrogate's court are entered.

The county clerk of the county in whose office the order or decree of the supreme court is entered, shall give written notice to the clerk of the proper surrogate's court of the filing of such order or decree.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SCP/714

In plain English

When the Supreme Court suspends, removes, or accepts the resignation of a guardian of an infant's person or property (or both), or of a testamentary trustee it appointed, a certified copy of the order or decree must be filed in the Surrogate's Court of the county with jurisdiction of the infant or trust, and a minute made and indexed in the surrogate's books for similar orders. ★ The county clerk where the Supreme Court order or decree is entered must give written notice of its filing to the clerk of the proper Surrogate's Court.

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.