MATTER OF DETZEL


134 A.D.2d 205 (1987)

In the Matter of the Conservatorship of Wally Detzel, as Conservatee, Appellant. Lee Ginsberg, as Prior Conservator, et al., Respondents

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

November 19, 1987


A legal basis for any involuntary commitment of the conservatee was absent here since the order appealed from followed only an informal conference-hearing without appointment of a guardian ad litem to safeguard the conservatee's rights. The power of a conservator to carry out a court-approved plan for the preservation, maintenance, and care of the conservatee's income, assets and personal well-being does not authorize involuntary control of the conservatee's person (Mental...

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