§ 2801 Repeal of surrogate's court act

Here's a plain English summary of this rule.

This section officially ends an older law called the Surrogate's Court Act, which was first passed in 1920. That old law, along with any changes made to it over the years, no longer applies once this new rule takes effect. It's essentially a cleanup step that closes out the old rulebook so the new one (the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act) can fully take its place.

For people dealing with wills, estates, or probate matters in New York, this means the older 1920 law is no longer valid or usable. Any procedures, requirements, or references to that old act have been replaced by the current Surrogate's Court Procedure Act. If you're looking up how surrogate's court cases work today, you don't need to worry about the 1920 law at all since it no longer has any legal effect.