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N.Y. SCP Law § 2205

This is the official text of N.Y. SCP Law § 2205, part of New York’s SCP Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "SCP Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Compulsory account and related relief on a court's own initiative or on petition; who may petition 1

Official statutory text

§ 2205. Compulsory account and related relief on a court's own\n initiative or on petition; who may petition\n 1. In the manner provided in this section and in section 2206, the\ncourt may at any time, upon it appearing that it is for the best\ninterests of the estate, make an order (a) requiring a fiduciary to file\nan intermediate or final account within such time and in such manner as\ndirected by it, (b) suspending a fiduciary who being duly cited to\naccount neglects to appear on the return of process without showing a\nsatisfactory excuse therefore, or who fails to file an account within\nsuch time and in such manner as directed by the court, (c) appointing an\neligible person to succeed a fiduciary whose letters have been\nsuspended, (d) fixing a trial date for a hearing on the removal of a\nfiduciary whose letters have been suspended, (e) fixing a trial date to\ntake and state an account on behalf of a fiduciary who fails to file\nsuch account or procure its settlement, and (f) granting such other and\nfurther relief as the court may direct.\n 2. The court may make an order as provided in subdivision one of this\nsection either on its own initiative or on the petition of:\n (a) a creditor, or\n (b) a person interested, or\n (c) a public administrator or county treasurer, or\n (d) any person in behalf of an infant or child born after the making\nof the will when interested in the estate, or\n (e) the fiduciary of a deceased person interested, or\n (f) a surety on the bond of the fiduciary required to account, or\n (g) a successor fiduciary or remaining fiduciary where letters of the\npredecessor or co-fiduciary have been revoked or the predecessor or\nco-fiduciary has been removed, or\n (h) a co-fiduciary after he or she has filed his or her account and a\npetition for its judicial settlement, or\n (i) the attorney-general of the state where any part of the estate may\nescheat to the state of New York.\n

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