MATTER OF B


190 Misc.2d 581 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 528

In the Matter of the Guardianship of B.

County Court, Tompkins County.

January 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mariette Geldenhuys, Ithaca, for B. Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Binghamton (Carol A. Cocchiola of counsel), for New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.


OPINION OF THE COURT

EUGENE E. PECKHAM, J.

This is a petition to modify a previous order of the Supreme Court, Tompkins County, in which D.P., as the mother of B, was appointed as guardian of the person and property of B pursuant to article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law. In that order dated June 28, 1993, the court stated in the last paragraph: "no decision shall be made with respect to the permanent sterilization...

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