MATTER OF JAMES AA.


188 A.D.2d 60 (1993)

In the Matter of James AA., Respondent. Hollis W. Shaw, as Director of The Wassaic Developmental Center, Petitioner; Robert Abrams, as Attorney-General of The State of New York, Appellant

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

March 4, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General, Albany (Daniel Smirlock of counsel), appellant pro se.

David M. Le Vine, Albany, for respondent.

WEISS, P. J., MERCURE, MAHONEY and HARVEY, JJ., concur.


LEVINE, J.

In January 1991 petitioner, who was represented by the Attorney-General, commenced a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 77 for the appointment of a conservator for respondent. Petitioner brought the proceeding as the Director of the State's Wassaic Developmental Center in Dutchess County, of which respondent was a patient or recipient of services. A director of a facility of the State...

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