Gianareles v. Zegarowski

The petitioner, Patrice Gianareles, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying her petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. We affirm.

Background. This matter began in the Probate and Family Court in July, 2012, when the respondent sought to have herself appointed as the guardian for the petitioner’s infant child. See G. L. c. 190B, §§ 5-201 et seq. The respondent is the petitioner’s grandmother and the child’s great-grandmother. The child was one year old at the time the respondent commenced the guardianship proceeding; the petitioner was seventeen years old at that time.