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The New York State Unified Court System's Surrogate's Court Forms page serves as the central hub for official forms used in Surrogate's Court proceedings, organized by case type across ten categories.

These categories include:

  • Accounting
  • Administration
  • Adoption
  • Fee Waivers
  • Guardianship
  • Parentage
  • Probate
  • Small Estate
  • Wrongful Death
  • Miscellaneous

An additional link directs users to the NYS Tax Department's Waiver of Citation Procedures.

All PDF versions of the forms are fillable, allowing electronic completion before printing, and the forms are arranged by proceeding type to help users locate the appropriate documents for a specific legal matter.

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17-A Guardianship Checklist Standby Appointment/Confirmation (for CSMD-1)
17-A Guardianship Proceeding Checklist of Intellectually Disabled / Developmentally Disabled Person (for GMD-1)
Account WD-3
Administration c.t.a. (After Probate) Proceeding Checklist
Administration d.b.n. Proceeding Checklist
Administration Proceeding Checklist
Adoption Information Registry Birth Parent Registration Form DOH-4455
Adoption–Order on Petition for Access to Sealed Adoption Records 27-E
Adoption: Family Court/Surrogate Court Request Form OCFS-4156
Affidavit (Change of Circumstance Since Certification as Qualified Adoptive Parents) (Private Placement) 1-Ca
Affidavit (Change of Circumstances Since Certification as Qualified Adoptive Parent) 21-E
Affidavit and Consent of Person Having Lawful Custody (Other Than Birth or Legal Parent - Private Placement) 2-E
Affidavit and Report (Disinterested Person - Extension of Expired Certification) 26-A
Affidavit and Report (Disinterested Person Certification Proceeding) (Private Placement) 23
Affidavit Identifying Party (Agency) 8-A
Affidavit Identifying Party (Private Placement) 8-B
Affidavit in Relation to Settlement of Estate Under Article 13 SE-3A
Affidavit of Financial Disclosure - Parents (Agency) 9-A
Affidavit of Financial Disclosure - Parents (Private Placement) 9-B
Affidavit of No Appeal 10-C
Affidavit of Service of Notice of Petition for Access to Sealed Adoption Records 27-C
Affirmation Regarding Venue 1-E
Agency Adoption Proceeding Checklist
Agreement of Adoption (Private Placement) 2-B
Agreement of Adoption and Consent (Agency) 2-A
Amended Affidavit in Relation to Settlement of Estate Under Article 13
Ancillary Administration Proceeding Checklist
Ancillary Probate Proceeding Checklist
Annual Account of Bonded Guardian G-7B
Annual Account of Non-Bonded Guardian G-7A
Application for Certified Copy of Adoption Order (After Sealing of Records) 16-A
Application for Certified Copy of Adoption Order (Before Sealing of Records) 15-A
Attorney’s Affidavit WD-4
Attorney’s Certification Form
Certificate of Adoption 14
Child’s Medical History 1-D
Compulsory Accounting and Related Relief Checklist
Consent of Child Over 14 (Agency) 2-C
Consent of Child Over 14 (Private Placement) 2-D
Consent to Adult Adoption by Adoptee 29-B
Consent to Adult Adoption by Spouse 29-C
Decree WD-7
Decrees Appointing Guardian G-6A, G-6B, G-12A, G-12B
Designation of Standby Guardian [SCPA 1726(3)] SG-10
Determination of Family Court Judge Regarding Venue 1-F
Extra-Judicial Consent (Birth or Legal Parent - Private Placement Step-Parent) 2-Ga
Extra-Judicial Consent (Birth or Legal Parent - Private Placement) 2-G
Family Tree Form
Fee Waiver Application UCS-FW1S
Fee Waiver Order UCS-FWS4E
Fee Waiver Order - Objectant/Respondent UCS-FWS4D
Fee Waiver Order - Petitioner UCS-FW2S
Firearms Inventory
Guardianship Proceeding Checklist - Person and/or Property (for G-2-B)
Guardianship Proceeding Checklist - Person Only (for G-2A)
Informal Accounting with/without Decree Proceeding Checklist
Inventory of Assets
Judicial Consent (Birth or Legal Parent - Private Placement Step-Parent) 2-Fa
Judicial Consent (Birth or Legal Parent Private Placement) 2-F
Judicial Settlement of Accounting Proceeding Checklist
Non-Trust Accounting Forms
Notice (Denial or Withdrawal of Application) (Removal of Child) 21-D
Notice (Temporary Guardianship of the Person) 21-C
Notice of Petition for Access to Sealed Adoption Records 27-B
Notice of Proposed Adoption 4
NYS OCFS Request/Response for Name and/or Address of Father of Child Born Out of Wedlock OCFS-2725
Order (Certification as a Qualified Adoptive Parent) 24
Order (Conditional Certification as a Qualified Adoptive Parent) 25
Order (Temporary Guardianship of the Person) 21-B
Order Determining Petition for Enforcement of Post-Adoption Contact Agreement (After Adoption Finalization) 18
Order Directing Service of Notice 3
Order for Certified Copy of Adoption Order (After Sealing of Records) 16-B
Order for Certified Copy of Adoption Order (Before Sealing of Records) 15-B
Order for Safe Deposit Box
Order for Withdrawal of Infant’s Property for Support and Education [G-9]
Order of Adoption (Agency) 13-A
Order of Adoption (Private Placement) 13-B
Order of Child Protective Inquiry
Order of Foreign Adoption and Name Change 28-A
Order of Incorporation of Post-Adoption Contact Agreement 14-A
Order of Investigation 6
Order of Publication 5
Order Regarding Venue 1-G
Order Removing Child From Adoptive Home 12
Order to Show Cause (Removal of Child From Adoptive Home) 11
Parentage Citation CPSA-5
Parentage Order - Assisted Reproduction CPSA-4
Parentage Order - Surrogacy Agreement CPSA-2
Parentage Petition - Assisted Reproduction CPSA-3
Parentage Petition - Surrogacy Agreement CPSA-1
Petition (Certification as a Qualified Adoptive Parent) 22
Petition for Access to Sealed Adoption Records 27-A
Petition for Access to Sealed Birth Certificate 30
Petition for Adoption (Agency) 1-A
Petition for Adoption (Private Placement) 1-C
Petition for Ancillary Letters of Administration
Petition for Ancillary Probate
Petition for Appointment of Guardian (Property) [G-2B, G-1, G-5, G-3, G-4]
Petition for Appointment of Guardian (SCPA Article 17-A) [GMD-1, GMD-1A, GMD-2A, GMD-2B, GMD-3, GMD-4, GMD-8, GMD-7]
Petition for Appointment of Guardian of Person Only [G-2A, G-1, G-5, G-3, G-4]
Petition for Appointment/Confirmation of Standby Guardian (SCPA Article 1757) [CSMD-1, CSMD-2, CSMD-3,CSMD-4, CSMD-5, CSMD-6]
Petition for Compulsory Accounting and Related Relief
Petition for Enforcement of Post-Adoption Contact Agreement (After Adoption Finalization) 17
Petition for Extention of Expired Certification 26
Petition for Letters of Administration
Petition for Letters of Administration (d.b.n.)
Petition for Letters of Administration c.t.a. (After Probate)
Petition for Probate
Petition for Registration of Foreign Adoption Order 28
Petition for Standby Guardianship [SCPA 1726(3)] [SG-1, SG-3, SG-5, SG-7, SG-9]
Petition for Temporary Guardianship 21-A
Petition for Withdrawal of Infant’s Property for Support and Education [G-8]
Petition to Close Guardianship Account (Former Infant) [G-10A]
Petition to Close Guardianship Account (Guardian) [G-10B]
Petition to Search Safe Deposit Box
Petiton for Adult Adoption 29-A
Private Placement Adoption Proceeding Checklist
Probate Proceeding Checklist
Release Settling Accounts
Renunciation of Voluntary Administration
Report and Account in Settlement of Estate Pursuant to Article 13, SCPA
Report of Adoption (To Be Completed and Certified By the Court) DOH-1928
Report of Estate Not Fully Distributed (22 NYCRR 207.42)
Report of Investigation (Private Placement) 7
Request for Information - Private Adoption OCFS-3937