N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1601: Legislative declaration of purpose It is the intent and purpose of this article that ancillary administration shall be granted in this st...

§ 1601. Legislative declaration of purpose

It is the intent and purpose of this article that ancillary

administration shall be granted in this state only when there is an

actual administration in the domiciliary jurisdiction. If the law of

such jurisdiction does not provide for the appointment of a fiduciary

but vests the property of a decedent in a person or persons subject to

the obligation to pay the decedent's debts and expenses and the legacies

bequeathed in his will or the distributive shares provided by law, such

a person shall be recognized as the person acting therein to administer

the decedent's estate in accordance with the law thereof, but only if

such person has complied with all the requirements of such jurisdiction

to entitle him to receive the property of the decedent and is acting or

will act there to administer the estate.