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Area of Law: | Estate Planning & Probate |
Keywords: | Accounting of an estate; Court ordered |
Jurisdiction: | New York |
Cited Cases: | 480 N.Y.S.2d 81 |
Cited Statutes: | N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act §§ 2205, 2206 |
Date: | 02/01/2001 |
A court may order an accounting on its own initiative or on the petition of a person interested in the estate when it appears that an accounting would be "for the best interests of the estate." N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2205 (McKinney 1967 & Supp. 1996). Section 2205 should be liberally construed toward granting the compulsory accounting. Id. § 2205 note (practice commentary). A compulsory accounting is typically called for in a case in which the beneficiaries of the estate suspect some wrongdoing by the fiduciary or in which the fiduciary has unduly delayed the completion of the estate. Id. § 2205 (supplementary practice commentary).
A compulsory accounting is justified when a fiduciary has long delayed distribution to a party entitled to estate assets. In re Will of Usdan 125 Misc. 2d 494, 480 N.Y.S.2d 81, 82 (Surr. Ct. 1984). N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2205 (McKinney 1996) (supplementary practice commentary) (citing Matter of Rogers, N.Y.L.J., Dec. 27, 1989 at 38, col. 1).
A fiduciary may attempt to show good cause for his failure or may petition for a voluntary accounting. N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2206. In some cases a petition for a voluntary accounting might be a request for a more limited accounting, see, e.g., Usdan, 125 Misc. 2d 494, 480 N.Y.S.2d 81.
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