Even then there could be unknown assets, and potential heirs could emerge to claim them in Surrogate Court.
The clerkship of the Surrogate Court was soon to be filled by election.
Officials in the Surrogate Court in Brooklyn said it would be some time before the matter is resolved.
The will was filed yesterday in Surrogate Court in Manhattan.
Polly, the flirty widow of both a state senator and a judge in the Surrogate Court, had dirt on everybody.
The problem with Surrogate Court is that no one has paid attention to it.
The tenants were able to buy the building in Surrogate Court.
For example, we might take half an hour to do some extra training on the Surrogate Court or naturalization records.
You go to the Surrogate Court and read the person's will, to find out who the next of kin was.
He was admitted to the bar, and became Clerk of the Surrogate Court.