In re Cabrera

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herbert Kramer, J.

Should the assignment of periodic lottery payments in exchange for a lump-sum payoff be judicially authorized on a *330pro forma basis upon ex parte submissions? This court holds that in order to effectuate its legislatively mandated oversight function, a court cannot make this determination absent a full record and without input from all of the affected parties.

Two ex parte applications have been made by a finance company on behalf of and with the consent of two lottery winners seeking judicial approval for their agreement to assign to the would-be lender…