MATTER OF MARIA Z.

2021-03817. Index No. 85221/20.

204 A.D.3d 930 (2022)

164 N.Y.S.3d 881

2022 NY Slip Op 02554

In the Matter of Maria Z., Appellant; Bonifacio Z. et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Garden City, NY ( Michael D. Neville , Lisa Volpe , Felicia B. Rosen , and Dennis B. Feld of counsel), for appellant.

Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP, Lake Success, NY ( Eric Broutman , Douglas Stern , and Sarah Chussler of counsel), for respondent Bonifacio Zaino.

Connolly, J.P., Roman, Christopher and Ford, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81 to appoint a guardian for the person and property of Maria Z., his adult sister, an alleged incapacitated person. In an order entered May 12, 2021, the Supreme Court, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the petition. Maria Z. appeals.

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