MATTER OF GARETT YY.


258 A.D.2d 702 (1999)

684 N.Y.S.2d 700

In the Matter of GARETT YY., a Mentally Retarded Person. LARISA OBOLENSKY, as Guardian ad Litem on Behalf of GARETT YY., Respondent; MICHAEL YY. et al., Respondents, and GAIL YY., Appellant.

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

Decided February 4, 1999.


Carpinello, J.

Respondents Gail YY. and Michael YY. (hereinafter referred to as the mother and the father, respectively, and respondents collectively) are the parents of Garett YY., a 22-year-old man with Down's Syndrome. In July 1994, respondents were issued joint letters of guardianship over Garett's person and property and their daughter, respondent Kara YY. (hereinafter the sister), was appointed standby guardian. Following respondents' acrimonious divorce, petitioner...

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