Legislation
ARTICLE 7
General Provisions Relating to Letters
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act (SCP) CHAPTER 59-A
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SECTION 701Requisites of letters 1
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SECTION 702Limited and restrictive letters Letters may be granted limiting and restricting the powers and rights of the holder thereof: 1
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SECTION 703Letters evidence of authority; effect of appeal 1
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SECTION 704Priority among different letters A person who applies in good faith therefor, and to whom letters are first issued from a court having ju...
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SECTION 705Time, how reckoned upon successive letters Where it is prescribed by law that an act must or may be done within a specified time after le...
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SECTION 706When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor must be appointed 1
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SECTION 707Eligibility to receive letters Letters may issue to a natural person or to a person authorized by law to be a fiduciary except as follows: 1
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SECTION 708Qualification of fiduciaries Before letters are granted to a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in the surrogate's court or family court: 1
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SECTION 709Objection to grant of letters or appointment of lifetime trustee Any person interested, including a nominated fiduciary, before letters a...
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SECTION 710Objections which require bond from fiduciary not otherwise required to file bond 1
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SECTION 711Suspension, modification or revocation of letters or removal for disqualification or misconduct In any of the following cases a co-fiduci...
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SECTION 712Petition; process thereupon; suspension A petition as prescribed in the preceding section must show that the case is one therein specifie...
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SECTION 713Hearing; decree Upon the return of process issued as prescribed in the preceding section the court may make a decree suspending, modifyin...
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SECTION 714Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the surrogate's court Whenever the supreme court shall suspend or remove or acce...
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SECTION 715Application by fiduciary for permission to resign A fiduciary may present to the court at any time a petition praying that he or she be p...
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SECTION 716Proceedings thereupon If it shall be determined that the petition should be granted, an intermediate order may be entered forthwith or at...
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SECTION 717Suspension of powers of fiduciaries in war service 1
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SECTION 718Nominated fiduciaries in war service 1
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SECTION 719In what cases letters may be suspended, modified or revoked, or a lifetime trustee removed or his powers suspended or modified, without p...
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SECTION 720Effect and contents of decree suspending, modifying or revoking letters or removing a lifetime trustee or suspending or modifying his pow...
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SECTION 721Preceding section qualified The preceding section does not affect the liability of a person to whom money or other property has been deli...
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SECTION 722Deposit of securities may be ordered on revocation of letters or removal When upon the revocation of letters or removal of a fiduciary a ...
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SECTION 723Copy of letters issued to chief fiscal officer of county to be transmitted to comptroller
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SECTION 724Inapplicability to lifetime trustees Except as otherwise expressly provided or required by context, this article shall not be applicable ...
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SECTION 725Rules relating to estate valuation after letters The chief administrator of the courts shall promulgate rules to insure that, after lette...
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LETTERS
Section
701. Requisites of letters.
702. Limited and restrictive letters.
703. Letters evidence of authority; effect of appeal.
704. Priority among different letters.
705. Time, how reckoned upon successive letters.
706. When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor
must be appointed.
707. Eligibility to receive letters.
708. Qualification of fiduciaries.
709. Objection to grant of letters or appointment of lifetime
trustee.
710. Objections which require bond from fiduciary not otherwise
required to file bond.
711. Suspension, modification or revocation of letters or removal
for disqualification or misconduct.
712. Petition; process thereupon; suspension.
713. Hearing; decree.
714. Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the
surrogate's court.
715. Application by fiduciary for permission to resign.
716. Proceedings thereupon.
717. Suspension of powers of fiduciaries in war service.
718. Nominated fiduciaries in war service.
719. In what cases letters may be suspended, modified or revoked, or
a lifetime trustee removed or his powers suspended or
modified, without process.
720. Effect and contents of decree suspending, modifying or revoking
letters or removing a lifetime trustee or suspending or
modifying his powers.
721. Preceding section qualified.
722. Deposit of securities may be ordered on revocation of letters
or removal.
723. Copy of letters issued to chief fiscal officer of county to be
transmitted to comptroller.
724. Inapplicability to lifetime trustees.
725. Rules relating to estate valuation after letters.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LETTERS
Section
701. Requisites of letters.
702. Limited and restrictive letters.
703. Letters evidence of authority; effect of appeal.
704. Priority among different letters.
705. Time, how reckoned upon successive letters.
706. When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor
must be appointed.
707. Eligibility to receive letters.
708. Qualification of fiduciaries.
709. Objection to grant of letters or appointment of lifetime
trustee.
710. Objections which require bond from fiduciary not otherwise
required to file bond.
711. Suspension, modification or revocation of letters or removal
for disqualification or misconduct.
712. Petition; process thereupon; suspension.
713. Hearing; decree.
714. Certain orders or decrees of other courts to be filed in the
surrogate's court.
715. Application by fiduciary for permission to resign.
716. Proceedings thereupon.
717. Suspension of powers of fiduciaries in war service.
718. Nominated fiduciaries in war service.
719. In what cases letters may be suspended, modified or revoked, or
a lifetime trustee removed or his powers suspended or
modified, without process.
720. Effect and contents of decree suspending, modifying or revoking
letters or removing a lifetime trustee or suspending or
modifying his powers.
721. Preceding section qualified.
722. Deposit of securities may be ordered on revocation of letters
or removal.
723. Copy of letters issued to chief fiscal officer of county to be
transmitted to comptroller.
724. Inapplicability to lifetime trustees.
725. Rules relating to estate valuation after letters.