Legal Opinion
In re Mel S.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Eugene E. Peckham, J.
This is an accounting in a Mental Hygiene Law article 81 guardianship proceeding filed by Mel S., as guardian of her mother, Jane S. A jury trial has been requested by the guardian. The question of whether or not a jury trial is allowed in a contested article 81 guardianship accounting is one of first impression.
Ms. S. was appointed conservator of the property of her mother in Virginia. She then moved to New York and brought her mother to a nursing home in New York. After moving to New York she applied pursuant to article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Estate of RothkoNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. CannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- In re the Estate of LuriaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1970
- Parker v. RogersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Estates of McKnight v. Bank of America, N.A.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2008