MATTER OF AUQUI

1023, 500137/09.

139 A.D.3d 411 (2016)

29 N.Y.S.3d 173

2016 NY Slip Op 03427

In the Matter of MARIA ROCIO AUQUI, Appellant, for the Appointment of a Guardian of JOSE VERDUGO, an Alleged Incapacitated Person. PEACHTREE FUNDING NORTHEAST, LLC, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided May 3, 2016.


Given the undisputed medical evidence that the alleged incapacitated person (AIP) had suffered from a mental defect as a result of his 2003 accident, when he was hit on the head by a piece of plywood falling from the 50th floor of a building, the burden of proof on the issue of his competence to enter into the challenged agreements shifted to respondent, as the advocate of competency (see Matter of Kaminester v Foldes, 51 A.D.3d 528

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