Legal Opinion
In re Gorman
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1974PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Robert Lynch, J.
The Merchants Bank and Donald P. Gorman, Jr. have each asked, by motion and cross motion, to be appointed conservator of the property of Donald P. Gorman (Mental Hygiene Law, art. 77). (As to the propriety of the bank’s petition and its qualification to be a conservator, see Matter of Schnelle, 74 Misc 2d 226.) Attorney John H. Farnham has been appointed guardian ad litem for Donald P. Gorman for this proceeding (Mental Hygiene Law, § 77.09). *565All of the parties agree that the proposed conservatee suffers such mental weakness that a conservator is required.
■The court has the discretion to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of RothmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- In re the Appointment of a Conservator of the Property of SchnelleNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- In re the Estate of BurlingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Appointment of a Conservator of the Property of BaileyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- In re Bankers Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1979
- In re KauffmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- In re the Application for the Appointment of a Conservator for the Property of PowersNew York Supreme Court · 1975
- Franzetti v. KehrsbergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988