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surrogate court

In some states, the name given to the probate court that has jurisdiction to supervise the administration of a decedent's estate.

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One New York Surrogate's Court recognized that in an Article 17-A proceeding, the governmental interest was "ensuring that when, in the exercise of its parens patriae power, it places almost total control over a person with disabilities in the hands of another, that person is, at the very least, no worse off than she would have been had no guardianship been imposed.
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The executor of Monroe's estate and her heirs had urged the New York Surrogate's Court, where her estate was probated, to conclude that she was a domiciliary of the state of New York.
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The estate was the largest ever brought before the New York Surrogate's Court, which probates wills.
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