Important Notice
To maintain and increase access to the Bronx County Surrogate’s Court while taking all appropriate measures to combat the spread of the COVD-19 virus, the following procedures & protocols have been implemented, effective immediately
The Surrogate’s Court hears cases involving the affairs (estate) of a decedent (person who passed away). The Surrogate’s Court authorizes either an Administrator or an Executor to handle an estate and distribute the money, property, or other asset according to the law or according to the Will, if one was left by the person who passed away. The Surrogate’s Court also oversees Adoptions and matters when someone is asking to become the Guardian of the property of an infant (before the age of 18) or the Guardian of a person who became intellectually or developmentally disabled before age twenty-two (22) or suffered a traumatic brain injury at any age.