In re McNeill

Maximilian Moss, S.

The grandmother of infants petitions the court for her appointment as guardian of their person and property. The infants’ father died a resident of Kings County in September, 1961; their mother died a resident of Suffolk County in June, 1962. The question of the jurisdiction of the court is presented. Section 174 of the Surrogate’s Court Act provides that a Surrogate’s Court has jurisdiction where infants are residents of the county of such court or have sojourned there for at least one year. Inasmuch as the infants were residents of Suffolk County at the time of the death…