MHL ARTICLE 81 - New York State Unified Court System

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M. Rights and Immunity of Guardians...................................153 V. PROCEDURAL MATTERS..............................................154 A. Petitions and petitioners ...........................................154 B. Service and Returns of Petitions and Orders to Show Cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 (i) Proper and timely Service. ...................................157 (ii) Notice of Petition...........................................159 a. Validity of Constitutionality and statutory arguments. . . . . . . . . 159 b. Who is entitled to the Petition?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 (iii) Withdrawal of Petition.......................................160 C. Jurisdiction and Venue.............................................160 D. Counsel. .......................................................168 (i) Appointment and disqualification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 (ii) Counsel and other fees.......................................171 a. Responsibility for payment of counsel fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 (i) AIP’s funds. ..................................171 (ii) Petitioner.....................................174 (iii) Payment of fees pursuant to County Law 18-B. . . . . . . . 178 (iv) Public agencies.................................179 (v) Non-petitioning Nursing home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 (vi) Non-party intervenor ............................181 (vii) “The bar in general”.............................181 b. To whom fees paid ...................................182 (i) Retained counsel ...............................182 -e-
(ii) Counsel for Cross - petitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 (iii) Counsel for Public agencies and MHLS.. . . . . . . . . . . . 184 (iv) Counsel for guardians/conservators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 (v) Counsel for Guardian’s surety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 (vi) Counsel for non - party ...........................185 c. Reasonableness of fee requested. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 d. Proper Court to award fees Surrogate’s or Supreme. . . . . . . . . . 191 e. Fees set by other courts................................192 (i) Foreign courts not binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 (ii) Other New York Courts..........................193 E. Court Evaluators. ................................................193 (i) Role.....................................................193 (ii) Appointment. .............................................195 (iii) Compensation. ............................................196 a. Enforcement of Fee Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 (iv) Report as evidence. ........................................201 F. Hearings........................................................202 (i) Hearing required. ..........................................202 a. Presence of AIP at hearing / Bedside hearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 b. Findings of Foreign Courts. ............................207 (ii) Medical Testimony not required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 (iii) Applicability of rules of evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 -f-
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Page 3 and 4: C. Voiding questionable marriages a
Page 5: N. Change of IP’s domicile.......
Page 9 and 10: L. Appeals ........................
Page 11 and 12: effect to prior determinations. Mat
Page 13 and 14: Matter of John J.H., 27 Misc. 3d 70
Page 15 and 16: Matter of Forcella, 188 Misc. 2d 13
Page 17 and 18: Matter of Farah P., 11/7/08 NYLJ 27
Page 19 and 20: Matter of Saks, NYLJ, 9/15/97, p. 2
Page 21 and 22: potential to act as a disincentive
Page 23 and 24: D. Powers of attorney/health care a
Page 25 and 26: of his daughters, his other daughte
Page 27 and 28: made on the theory that the AIP mad
Page 29 and 30: Haymes v. Brook Hospital, 287 A.D.2
Page 31 and 32: probate upon a finding that the ind
Page 33 and 34: th Matter of Estate of Rose McClosk
Page 35 and 36: the support. The Appellate Division
Page 37 and 38: I. Collections Matters Matter of G.
Page 39 and 40: disagreement with her father’s ch
Page 41 and 42: cart, her hygiene was described as
Page 43 and 44: nd In the Matter of Joseph S., 25 A
Page 45 and 46: guardian is warranted under Mental
Page 47 and 48: d Matter of Marguerite VV, 226 A.D.
Page 49 and 50: where 62-year-old respondent husban
Page 51 and 52: Matter of Jospe (Grala), NYLJ, 1/30
Page 53 and 54: C. Voiding questionable marriages a
Page 55 and 56: declaration that the AIP’s marria
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Matter of Jayne Johnson, 172 Misc.2
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Matter of Marmol (Pineda), 168 Misc
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conduct the litigation. Sasscer v.
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for any other cause which to the co
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Surry Hotel Assoc., LLC v. Sabin, N
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approve it, the divorce could not b
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Matter of M.L., 25 Misc. 3d 1217A;
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transferred to a facility eligible
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Matter of Baird, 167 Misc.2d 526; 6
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Matter of Mattei, 169 Misc.2d 989;
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transfer of additional assets that
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the application without prejudice t
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payments for medical care and did n
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there may be no recovery by the Sta
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Matter of Lauro, 44 A.D.2d 951; (19
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NYS Association for Retarded Childr
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e. Creation of SNT/Proper petitions
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Matter of the Application of Wachov
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had he been presented with the opti
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trust prior to its funding (SCPA 40
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easonableness by the court. (ii) Am
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Matter of De Las Nueces, NYLJ, Augu
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Matter of Hector S., 11/18/09 NYLJ,
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Palmara v. Palmara, 2011 NY Slip Op
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Simar Holding Corp. v GSC, 27 Misc3
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time family attorney, she was repre
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een able to understand questions su
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nd Matter of Rita R., 26 AD3d 502;
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her friend and neighbor to be her g
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Matter of Guardianship of B., 190 M
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to withhold and/or withdraw life-su
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DID change the domicile because the
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IV. GUARDIANS A. Proper guardians (
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discharge of guardianship duties pr
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prohibited his appointment and that
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co-guardian to assist him in carryi
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care. He also sold AIP’s home and
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Matter of Ethan Hylton, 2005 NY Mis
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it is noted that the niece lived in
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a Medicaid application and for peti
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to include the power to do extensiv
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D. Protective Arrangements/Single T
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F. Breach of fiduciary duty/removal
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Matter of Joshua H. (Anonymous), 80
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Matter of Rebecca P., 24 Misc. 3d 1
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substantial guardianship assets as
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Matter of Gerald J. Friedman, NYLJ,
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d Matter of Boice, 226 A.D.2d 908;
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I. Compensation nd Matter of Verna
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lawfully be required to serve witho
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part of MHL Art 79; (3) that MHL Ar
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Matter of Nicks, NYLJ, 1/29/98, p.
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with an independent co-guardian of
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Federal Court for alleged violation
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proceeding. The law firm failed to
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Matter of Harry G., 12 Misc. 3d 232
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alleging that there was information
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declined to accept the transferred
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Matter of S.A.W., June 5, 2007, NYL
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in interest, his or her residence c
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whether such powers are appropriate
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wanted to terminate its relationshi
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practice for 6 months and ordered t
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d Matter of Grace “PP”, 245 A.D
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to pay the legal fees for MHLS as c
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Matter of Naimoli (Rennhack), NYLJ,
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(v) Non-petitioning Nursing home Ma
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. To whom fees paid (i) Retained co
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attorney appointed pursuant to sect
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at the amounts it awarded to the Co
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days before the trial date the part
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nd Matter of Tijuana M., 303 A.D.2d
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Estate of Marguerite Porter, 2007 N
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also consider the best interests of
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who may have relatively limited ass
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Matter of G. S., 17 Misc. 3d 303;84
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dismissed. Matter of Maier, NYLJ, 2
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F. Hearings (i) Hearing required Ma
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In the Matter of The Application of
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a. Presence of AIP at hearing / Bed
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Matter of Whitehead, 169 Misc.2d 55
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(iii) Applicability of rules of evi
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d Matter of Ruth “TT”(Mc Ghee),
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Matter of Tara X., NYLJ, 9/18/96, p
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Evaluator’s claim that opening th
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f. Information Subpoenas Matter of
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was not due to undue influence or i
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of the NY Article 81 proceeding and
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voluntarily, rendering petition moo
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she can pay her bills and resides i
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applied to Supreme Court and was gr
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Supreme Court of jurisdiction and t
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cases, emergency and rent-control c
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of a guardian, it had failed to mak
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Matter of John D., 9/15/09 NYLJ 40
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Matter of Lainez, 11 Misc.3d 1092A;
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d Matter of Lee “I” (Murphy), 2
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Division affirmed . See related cas
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th Matter of Peer (Digney), 50 A.D.
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grounds: (1) a cause of action for
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