In re the Adoption of Manzi

Wingate, S.

The present application, which seeks a direction that a copy of the stenographer's minutes of the trial up to the present time be furnished to the respondent at the expense of the estate, is typical of a considerable number of applications made to the court in recent months. Since the utter absence of any legal basis for such relief demonstrates a somewhat prevalent misconception on the part of a portion of the bar respecting the authority of the surrogate in the awarding of costs, so-called “ allowances,” and disbursements, it is believed that some observations respecting the…