In re the Appointment of a Guardian of McConnell

Potts, S.

This is an application by the maternal grandmother of the infant herein who is under fourteen years of age, to be appointed the guardian of the infant’s person and estate.

The mother of the infant died as the result of an automobile accident on October 10, 1951,

The petition alleges that the infant’s father, a resident of New York County, abandoned the infant and his mother in 1946.

The father opposes the application and asserts that the Surrogate ’s Court of Bronx County has no jurisdiction because the domicile of the infant is in New York County. The answer submitted by him denies the…