In re the Appointment of a Conservator of the Property of Noel

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Conway, J.), entered April 26,1982 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to article 77 of the Mental Hygiene Law, denied petitioners’ applica*1054tian to be appointed conservators of the property of Ogden C. Noel, Sr., and granted cross petitioner’s application to appoint the conservatee’s sister as conservator. The need for a conservator for Ogden C. Noel, Sr., who is 84 years old, in failing health and a man of means, is clearly established; at issue is who should be designated. Petitioners, daughter and son-in-law of the…