Legal Opinion
Matter of Warren
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1981PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
In this proceeding to settle the final account of an adjudicated incompetent, the issue presented is whether a claim by the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene for reimbursement of expenses incurred for the care and maintenance of an incompetent has priority over a claim by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation for reimbursement of such expenses.
Esther Warren, an adjudicated incompetent, died at the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, New York, on June 24, 1977. Thereafter, her committee instituted the present proceeding pursuant to…
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- Baker v. SterlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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- In Re the Accounting of GrunerNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
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