MATTER OF LOUCAS


292 A.D.2d 265 (2002)

739 N.Y.S.2d 254

In the Matter of RHODA B. LOUCAS, Respondent, for the Appointment of a Guardian of the Property of SAMUEL B., an Alleged Incapacitated Person, Appellant.

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

Decided March 21, 2002.


The non-durational period of the appointment is justified by undisputed evidence that the mental disease underlying appellant's incapacity is severe, progressing rapidly, irreversible and degenerative. We are not persuaded otherwise by the court's finding "of some indications" of an ability to learn skills that could "compensate for some of the symptomatologies." However, as suggested by respondent, we modify so as to require respondent to serve her annual reports on MHLS...

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