Pursuant to the provisions of article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law, the petitioner sought the appointment of a temporary guardian for Marie H., an elderly indigent woman, a patient at St. Luke's Hospital, who was allegedly impaired. Petitioner made the application for the purpose of involuntarily transferring the respondent to a nursing home. The nisi prius court found that where such a petition seeks the appointment of a temporary guardian to involuntarily transfer the allegedly...
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