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MATTER OF J.D.S.

2018-3436/A.

70 Misc.3d 556 (2020)

2020 NY Slip Op 20303

In the Matter of the Appointment of a Guardian for J.D.S. Pursuant to SCPA Article 17-a and for Determination of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 83 of the Mental Hygiene Law.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

Decided October 1, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Littman Krooks LLP for petitioners.

Salines-Mondello Law Firm, PC, Wilmington, North Carolina ( Lisa Salines-Mondello , of the North Carolina bar, admitted pro hac vice), and The Law Office of Barry E. Janay PC for Brenda, respondent.

The Disability and Civil Rights Clinic at Brooklyn Law School ( Natalie M. Chin and Sarah H. Lorr of counsel), guardian ad litem for J.D.S., respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

After a hearing and written summations in this contested proceeding for the guardianship of the person of J.D.S. pursuant to article 17-a of the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act, the court must decide the threshold issue of whether it should exercise jurisdiction over this guardianship proceeding or...

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