MATTER OF TIMOTHY R.R.

10478

42 Misc.3d 775 (2013)

977 N.Y.S.2d 877

2013 NY Slip Op 23442

In the Matter of the Appointment of a Successor Guardian for TIMOTHY R.R.

Surrogate's Court, Essex County.

December 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Insley & Douthat, LLP, Plattsburgh ( Kathleen R. Insley of counsel), for father, petitioner. Stephen A. Johnston , Plattsburgh, for aunt, petitioner. Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Albany ( Sheila E. Shea and Laura Antonelli of counsel), guardian ad litem.


OPINION OF THE COURT

RICHARD B. MEYER, S.

Petitions by the maternal aunt and the father of a developmentally disabled adult in which each seeks to be appointed as the successor guardian of the person of the ward pursuant to SCPA article 17-A. Following a court-ordered evaluation of the parties and the ward conducted by Dr. Joseph E. Hasazi, a psychologist, a trial was held over the course of four days. In addition to hearing testimony from the parties, Hasazi...

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