In re the Application for the Appointment of a General Guardian of the Person & Property of Galloway

Lemon, Special Surrogate.

This is an application by Carrie Galloway, the grandmother of Clark H. Galloway, for her appointment as general guardian of his person and property. The petition urges, among other things, that the infant has resided with petitioner in Orange county for seven years; that his mother is dead and +hat his father is living and resides in Jefferson county, N. Y ( - The father opposes the application on the ground that the Orange County Surrogate’s Court is without jurisdiction; the maternal grandparents of said infant also oppose on the same ground.

On the question of…