MATTER OF PETTY


256 A.D.2d 281 (1998)

682 N.Y.S.2d 183

In the Matter of LILLIAN PETTY et al., Respondents. ASTON P. LEVERS, Appellant. ROBERT GELTZER, as Court Evaluator, Nonparty Respondent.

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

Decided December 29, 1998.


Petitioners Petty and Anderson commenced the instant guardianship proceeding pursuant to article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law for the appointment of a guardian for the 65-year old respondent Levers. Petty is Levers's former live-in girlfriend and Anderson is Levers's cousin. Although the intimate relationship between Petty and Levers is apparently over, Petty still shares a Riverside Drive condominium apartment with Levers. Petty and Levers state that Petty owns one-half...

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