In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Person & Property of Berman

These appeals present questions as to the exercise of a proper judicial discretion by Special Term in the appointment of a joint committee of the person and property of an incompetent person and the several allowances made in the adjudication proceeding.

The incompetent is a man in his early seventies who has been twice married. A son of the first marriage, Milton Berman, who resides in Florida, was appointed one member of the committee. The second marriage was contracted in 1952 and there is one child thereof, now eight years of age. The present wife is an active participant in this and other…