IN THE MATTER OF CRESAP-HIGBEE


3 A.D.3d 424 (2004)

771 N.Y.S.2d 117

In the Matter of IRVING WECHSLER NANCY CRESAP-HIGBEE, as Guardian of IRVING WECHSLER, Respondent; GRACE WECHSLER, Appellant.

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

January 22, 2004.


Respondent and her husband have been required to live apart since March 2000 when he was hospitalized in connection with several violent incidents towards his wife as a consequence of dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. Petitioner was appointed guardian of Irving Wechsler's person and property with the power, inter alia, to "[r]etain counsel, subject to court approval of fees, and defend or maintain any civil judicial proceeding." The order of appointment directed...

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