In re Barrios-Paoli

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edwin Kassoff, J.

*737This is a proceeding pursuant to article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law seeking the appointment of a guardian for the personal needs and property management of the alleged incapacitated person (hereinafter AIP), Fred Kautsch. Petitioner now requests, in a supplemental order to show cause, that the court fashion an alternate method of service on the AIP because service by personal delivery cannot be effectuated.

The AIP is a 93-year-old individual who resides with his wife, Evelyn, at 45-10 Golden Street, apartment 712, in Flushing, New York. The AIP was…