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The County Court is in the Cromarty Court Complex Criminal Courts Building in Riverhead. The Suffolk County Surrogate's Court hears cases involving the affairs of decedents, including the probate of wills and the administration of estates, guardianships, and adoptions. The Surrogate's Court is in the County Center in Riverhead.
There is a Surrogate's Court in each county in the state. [1] The judges of this court are styled the "Surrogate of [X] County". [2] The surrogate is elected countywide, and is required to be a resident of the pertaining county. Each of New York's 62 counties has one surrogate, except New York County and Kings County which have two
The Appellate Division primarily hears appeals from the state's superior courts (Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, Court of Claims, the county courts) in civil cases, the Supreme Court in criminal cases, and, in the Third and Fourth Judicial Departments, from the county courts in felony criminal cases. [5]
The Nassau County District Court is divided into four districts, all of which sit in Hempstead, New York. [1] The first district covers criminal cases countywide. [5] The other three districts cover civil cases, and are organized by town and city: the second covers Hempstead and Long Beach, [6] the third covers North Hempstead, [7] and the ...
The court has jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal appeals from the trial courts located in 10 counties: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester in the Hudson Valley, Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island, and Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island) in New York City. These counties comprise 8% of New York State's land ...
The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.
In 1878, he was elected District Attorney of Suffolk County. He was re-elected to the office in 1881. In 1891, he was elected Judge of the Surrogate Court, an office he was re-elected to in 1897. [6] After he finished serving as Surrogate, he returned to his law practice and continued working until moments before his death. [7]
He served as secretary and chairman of the Suffolk County Republican committee and was clerk of the county surrogate court. Elected as a Republican to the 55th Congress , Belford represented New York's 1st congressional district from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. [ 1 ]