In re the Accounting of Braunstein

Per Curiam,

The compensation of a committee of the property of an incompetent is fixed in section 109 of the Mental Hygiene Law (formerly Civ. Prac. Act, § 1376) “ at the same rates as that of an executor or administrator.” The rates of commissions of an executor or administrator are provided for in section 285 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. A committee may also be allowed such additional compensation as to the court may be deemed just, where, in a special case, a committee’s services exceed those of an executor or administrator. (Mental Hygiene Law, § 109, subd. [1],)

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