Matter of Banks (Gwendolyn R.)

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Laura Visitación-Lewis, J.), entered June 23, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, appointed a guardian over the person and property of the alleged incapacitated person, Gwendolyn R. (the AIP), pursuant to article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the matter remanded for the immediate appointment of a temporary guardian and a new hearing at which the AIP is afforded an opportunity to be present.

After multiple…