Overview
22 NYCRR 207.16(e) is part of the Uniform Rules for the Surrogate’s Court and governs disclosures that must be made when a person seeking letters as a sole executor or administrator is also an attorney admitted in New York. The rule specifies the information that must be disclosed at the time the petition requesting letters is filed.
What follows is the text of subdivision (e).
Rule Text
22 NYCRR 207.16(e).
If a person requesting letters to administer an estate as sole executor or administrator is also an attorney admitted in this State, he or she shall file with the petition requesting letters a statement disclosing:
(1) that the fiduciary is an attorney;
(2) whether the fiduciary or the law firm with which he or she is affiliated will act as counsel; and
(3) if applicable, that the fiduciary was the draftsperson of a will offered for probate with respect to that estate.
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