MATTER OF BABY BOY W.


3 Misc.3d 656 (2004)

773 N.Y.S.2d 255

In the Matter of the Appointment of a Guardian for BABY BOY W., a Mentally Retarded Person.

Surrogate's Court, Broome County.

February 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton (Alyssa Barreiro of counsel), for petitioner.

Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, Vestal (Albert Kukol of counsel), guardian ad litem.

Samuel N., pro se.


OPINION OF THE COURT

EUGENE E. PECKHAM, J.

The matter before the court is a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian of Baby Boy W. with authority to make medical decisions for W. pursuant to SCPA 1750-b. That section was just added to article 17-A by the Legislature, effective March 16, 2003 (L 2002, ch 500, § 3). W. was born on November 12, 2003 and so was about one month old when the petition was filed. The petitioner is the infant's...

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