Whenever there is an attorney acting as a fiduciary of an estate, he (she) will be required to file an informal account with the Surrogate's Court no later than twelve (12) months from the issuance of Letters (or twenty-four [24] months if the estate must file a Federal estate tax return), and shall not be entitled to payment of fiduciary commissions and, except where SCPA § 2111(2) applies, to payment of legal fees, without further court order. In the event legal fees are paid pursuant to SCPA § 2111(2), the reasonableness of said legal fees are subject to review by this court upon the filing of an informal account by the personal representative of the estate.

Accordingly, all decrees issued in Probate and Administration proceedings involving an attorney-fiduciary shall contain the following additional language:

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that the personal representative of the estate shall file an informal account with this court no later than twelve (twenty-four months if the estate must file a Federal estate tax return) months from the date of this decree and his (her) failure to do so will result in the revocation of letters; and it is further

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that there shall be no payment of fiduciary commissions without further order of this court; and it is further

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that, except where SCPA § 2111(2) is applicable, there shall be no payment of legal fees without further order of this court. In the event legal fees are paid pursuant to SCPA § 2111(2), the reasonableness of said legal fees are subject to review by this court upon the filing of an informal account by the personal representative of the estate.