MATTER OF RICHMAN


164 Misc.2d 403 (1995)

625 N.Y.S.2d 443

In the Matter of Marsha Rimler, as Director of Social Services of the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, Petitioner, for the Appointment of a Guardian of the Person and Property of Harriet Richman.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

March 9, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Lake Success, for petitioner. Gerald Kaplan, Elmhurst (Lilian Rivas of counsel), for Harriet Richman. Stuart Schoenberger, Jamaica, for Department of Social Services.


EDWIN KASSOFF, J.

This is a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81 brought by the New York Hospital Center of Queens to appoint a guardian for the alleged incapacitated person who has been a patient at the hospital since July of 1994. Petitioner contends that there is no medical reason for the alleged incapacitated person to remain at the hospital, which is an acute care facility, but that a guardian...

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