Bill Text: NY A02402 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the filing of wills for safekeeping and the reduction of fees for such filing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A02402 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02402-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2402

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON, COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.  BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, HYNDMAN, LAVINE,
          WALKER, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
          ary

        AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure  act  and  the  estates,
          powers  and  trusts  law, in relation to the filing of wills for safe-
          keeping

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (v)  of  subdivision  9 of section 2402 of the
     2  surrogate's court procedure act, as amended by section 30 of part  J  of
     3  chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     4  (v)   a  will  for safekeeping pursuant to section 2507 of
     5          this act except that the court in any  county  may
     6          reduce or dispense with such fee ..................[45.00] 20.00

     7    §  2. Paragraph (a) of section 3-2.1 of the estates, powers and trusts
     8  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 5 to read as follows:
     9    (5) One hundred twenty days after the effective date of this  subpara-
    10  graph,  such  will  shall be filed with the court of any county in which
    11  the testator is a domiciliary, pursuant to section  twenty-five  hundred
    12  seven  of the surrogate's court procedure act; provided, however, that a
    13  will which satisfies all other requirements of this section shall not be
    14  deemed unenforceable solely for the failure to file such  will  pursuant
    15  to this subparagraph.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01046-01-1