In re Nix

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eve Preminger, S.

This is an application by Eileen Madison, guardian of Stephen Allen Nix under SCPA article 17-A, for an order authoriz*895ing the direct deposit of Social Security checks and United States Civil Service Annuity Fund checks payable to Mr. Nix into his account at the East River Savings Bank, such bank having been designated pursuant to the order of this court dated July 11, 1975. The question presented is whether direct deposit is permissible under the guardianship statutes.

The guardianship funds are held in a designated depositary institution in the name of the…