Legal Opinion
1234 Broadway LLC v. Feng Chai Lin
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 15, 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerald Lebovits, J.
In April 2008, the housing court CPLR article 12 guardian ad litem (GAL) of respondent, Feng Chai Lin, entered into a stipulation to settle this holdover proceeding. The stipulation provided that respondent would vacate by July 31, 2008, in return for some money. Respondent, now represented by counsel and with the help of a new GAL, moves to vacate the April 2008 stipulation. After a hearing, this court finds that respondent never agreed to the settlement. The issue in this case is whether a housing court GAL who believes that a ward’s best interests are…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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