Every Surrogate's Court case is a special proceeding for which there is a presumption that no right to a jury trial exists. There is, however, a limited subset of a cases in which a Surrogate's Court proceeding may be tried to a jury. In those instances, practitioners must be aware that Surrogate's Court has its own unique rules and procedures, and that the failure to comply with them may result in the inadvertent waiver of a party's right to a jury trial.