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MATTER OF SERRANO

179 Misc.2d 806 (1998)

686 N.Y.S.2d 263

In the Matter of the Appointment of a Guardian for Manuel Serrano, Jr., an Incapacitated Person.

Supreme Court, Bronx County.

December 14, 1998

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Sheiowitz, Bronx, court-appointed guardian pro se. Jane Becker Whitaker, of the Bar of Puerto Rico, admitted pro hac vice, for Lugo Carlo, respondent.

GEORGE FRIEDMAN, J.

The court-appointed guardian petitions this court for an order permitting him to pay legal fees for the purchase of a home for the incapacitated person. This case presents the issue whether the amount of those legal fees, set in an unusually high amount by a court of foreign jurisdiction, is binding on this court.

Following a Mental Hygiene Law article 81 proceeding, this court...

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