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SECTION 2601
When court open; terms and sessions 1
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act (SCP) CHAPTER 59-A, ARTICLE 26
§ 2601. When court open; terms and sessions

1. The court is always open for the transaction of any business within
its powers and jurisdiction.

2. The judge of a surrogate's court may appoint and may alter the
times and places of transacting any business which may come before it
and designate terms and sessions for trials, hearings, chamber business
and other business of the court.

3. The court, in a county where the judge of the county court is also
a judge of the surrogate's court, may be held at the time and place at
which the county court is held and the jury in attendance may constitute
the jury for the trial of any issue arising in the surrogate's court.