In re the Conservatorship of Phyllis M.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jan H. Plumadore, J.

The Attorney-General’s office represents petitioner, the Director of the Wilton, New York facility in which the proposed conservatee resides. It seeks an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 77.07 (d) and has obtained them in other, default conservatorship proceedings, including one in this court. It has also had fees routinely denied, especially in St. Lawrence County.

*403Mental Hygiene Legal Services vigorously opposes. The request will be denied.

The New York State Constitution (art XIII, § 7) deals with the compensation of State…