MATTER OF ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT HOSP.


159 Misc.2d 932 (1993)

607 N.Y.S.2d 574

In the Matter of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Petitioner, for the Appointment of a Guardian of the Person and Property of Marie H., Respondent.

Supreme Court, New York County.

December 3, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Feldman-Gordon, New York City, for petitioner. Frank Handelman, New York City, for respondent.


KRISTIN BOOTH GLEN, J.

This order to show cause presents an important question of public policy, of the operation of new article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law, the adult guardianship statute, and of constitutional necessity. Petitioner seeks the appointment of a guardian and a temporary guardian for an elderly indigent woman who is presently a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. Under the statutory...

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