Legislation
SECTION 2213
Accounting for claim for funeral expenses 1
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act (SCP) CHAPTER 59-A, ARTICLE 22
§ 2213. Accounting for claim for funeral expenses
1. If upon any accounting it shall appear that a fiduciary has failed
to pay a claim for funeral expenses, the amount of which has been fixed
by the court as provided in 2101 and 2102 or upon the accounting, he
shall not be credited with the payment of any debt or claim against the
decedent until the claim for funeral expenses has been paid, but such
claim shall not be paid before the expenses of administration are paid.
2. In any accounting the claim for funeral expenses shall be separate
and apart from the claim for expenses of administration.
1. If upon any accounting it shall appear that a fiduciary has failed
to pay a claim for funeral expenses, the amount of which has been fixed
by the court as provided in 2101 and 2102 or upon the accounting, he
shall not be credited with the payment of any debt or claim against the
decedent until the claim for funeral expenses has been paid, but such
claim shall not be paid before the expenses of administration are paid.
2. In any accounting the claim for funeral expenses shall be separate
and apart from the claim for expenses of administration.