MATTER OF CORINNE S. v. STEVEN S.

Index No. 850081-I-2022.

2023 NY Slip Op 23416

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CORINNE S., Petitioner, FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN FOR STEVEN S., Respondent, AN ALLEGED INCAPACITATED PERSON, and SHELLY F., and GRACE S., CROSS-Petitioners.

Supreme Court, Nassau County.

Decided December 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Farinacci Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, PC, 1425 RXR Plaza FL East, Uniondale, NY 11556 (516) 663-6628, [email protected]. Counsel to Corrine S. (Petitioner).

Grace S., Pro Se Cross Petitioner.

Robert M. Harper Farrell Fritz, P.C., 400 RXR Plaza 4th Floor West Tower, Uniondale, NY 11554, (516) 227-0625, [email protected] Counsel to Shelly S. Fink (cross petitioner).

Bret Cahn Farrell Fritz, P.C., 622 3rd Avenue Ste 37200, New York, NY 10017, (646) 237-1809, [email protected] Counsel to Shelly S.F. (cross petitioner).

Sarah A. Chussler Abrams Fensterman, LLP, 3 Dakota Drive, Suite 300, Lake Success, NY 11042 (516) 592-5857, [email protected] Counsel to Steven S. (Alleged Incapacitated Person).

Ariella T. Gasner Salem, Shor & Saperstein, 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 1W6, Lake Success, NY 11042, (516) 472-7030, [email protected] Court Evaluator.

John Newman John Newman, Esq., 6268 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 7, Commack, NY 11725, (631) 486-7802, [email protected] Temporary Guardian.

Seth D. Kaufman , Fisher & Phillips, LLP, 7 Times Square Suite 4300, New York, NY 10036, (212) 899-9975, [email protected] Labor Law appointed Counsel to Steven S. (AIP).

Hon. Anthony F. Marano Anthony Marano Esq., PO Box 423, Malverne, NY 11565, (646) 745-7596, [email protected] Temporary Receiver.

Thomas McNamara Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP 90 Merick Avenue, 9th Floor, East Meadow, NY 11554, (516) 296-7057, [email protected] Counsel to Temporary Receiver.

Aytan Bellin Katsky Korins LLP 605 3rd Avenue, Floor 17, New York, NY 10158, (212) 953-6000, [email protected] Counsel to Grace S. (Cross-Petitioner).


"Justice is the only meaningful goal in the resolution of any lawsuit. The law may not always be just, but it does provide a path to justice" (Estate of Kainer v UBS AG, 37 N.Y.3d 460 at 468 [Fahey, J., dissenting] [2021]).

The path to justice has been arduous in this highly contested and complicated proceeding...

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