The issue before the court is whether a party to a probate proceeding, whose behavior required the appointment of a guardian ad litem (GAL) (SCPA 103 [40]; 402, 403), may be bound by such guardian's consent to a settlement — over her own objection — even though she has not been adjudicated as "incapacitated" under article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law.
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