MATTER OF LA POINT v. GIRARD


74 A.D.2d 656 (1980)

In the Matter of Raymond La Point et al., Appellants, v. Gerald G. Girard et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Randy J. La Point, Jr., an Infant. Helen M. Girard, as Guardian of Randy J. La Point, Jr., an Infant, Respondent; Raymond La Point et al., Appellants. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of The Estate of Randy J. La Point, Sr., Deceased. Helen M. Girard, as Guardian of Randy J. La Point, Jr., an Infant, Respondent; Raymond La Point et al., Appellants. (Proceeding No. 3.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

February 7, 1980


On September 9, 1978 Randy J. La Point, Sr. and his wife, Patricia, were killed in an automobile accident, leaving as sole distributee their 11-month-old son, Randy, Jr. The Family Court awarded custody of the child to the boy's maternal aunt and her husband, and that determination served as the basis of decisions by the Surrogate's Court to appoint the maternal aunt as the infant's guardian and administratrix of the estate of the infant's deceased father. Appealing from...

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