Legal Opinion
In re Christine Pauling
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 24, 2003PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81, Steven T. Rondos appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), dated March 21, 2002, as authorized Christine Pauling, the guardian for the incapacitated person, to pay him an attorney’s fee in the amount of only $1,000.
*682The Supreme Court has broad discretion in determining the reasonable amount to award as an attorney’s fee in a guardianship proceeding (see Matter of Mavis L., 285 AD2d 509 [2001]; Ricciuti v Lombardi, 256 AD2d 892 [1998]). However, it must provide a clear…
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- In re Mavis L.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- In re StarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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