- (a) Whenever an attorney is retained, after the effective date of this rule, by a client, to render services in connection with any action, claim or proceeding in the Surrogate's Court, the attorney shall be required to enter into a written retainer with the client stating, inter alia, the services to be performed, the compensation to be paid for such services, and the mode of payment therefor.
- (b) The said written retainer agreement shall be annexed to any petitions filed by a fiduciary for the judicial settlement of his/her account, as well as any and all applications submitted to the court for the fixation of legal fees.
Pursuant to the authority contained in Uniform Court Rule § 207.1(c), the Surrogate's Court of Suffolk County does hereby adopt the following court rule, effective January 1, 1989: