In re Lukia QQ.

Appeals from an order and judgment of the County Court of Greene County (Lalor, J.), entered December 1, 2004 and December 6, 2004, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81, awarded counsel fees to the court evaluator and to counsel for the alleged incapacitated person.

These appeals involve a dispute over counsel fees awarded in the underlying Mental Hygiene Law article 81 proceeding. In October 2003, the 92-year-old respondent was hospitalized with a diagnosis that included dementia after she was found lying, for an undetermined period of time, on the floor of the…