2006 New York Code - Ancillary Letters Of Administration

 
  § 1607.  Ancillary letters of administration
    1.    Upon petition as provided in 1609 and upon proof that letters of
  administration of the estate  of  a  decedent  have  been  issued  by  a
  competent  court in the decedent's domicile or upon proof that under the
  law of that jurisdiction letters of administration are not  granted  but
  that  a  person  is  acting  in  that  jurisdiction  to  administer  the
  decedent's estate in accordance with the  law  thereof,  the  court  may
  issue  ancillary  letters of administration.   In a case where the court
  has theretofore issued original or ancillary letters or there is pending
  before the court an application therefor,  the  court  shall  take  such
  proceedings as justice requires.
    2.    The court shall issue ancillary letters of administration to the
  following persons in the following order:
    (a)     The  person  appointed  administrator   in   the   domiciliary
  jurisdiction or the person acting in that jurisdiction to administer the
  decedent's estate in accordance with the law thereof.
    (b)    A  person  entitled to original letters of administration under
  this act.
    3.  If no person named in any subparagraph of subdivision 2 is willing
  to qualify or to  designate  a  person  eligible  to  receive  ancillary
  letters  they  shall issue to a person in the succeeding subparagraph of
  such subdivision who will qualify or to a person designated by  him  who
  is eligible to receive letters.