Legal Opinion

In re Mason

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Decided June 13, 1997PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSEMARY HIGGINS CASS, J.S.C.

(Ch. Div. temporarily assigned).

A motion was filed with the court by Edith Applebaum (Applebaum), the co-guardian of Pauline Mason, an adjudicated incompe*122tent, (Mason), for the discharge of the court-appointed attorney for Mason, Karimu Hill-Harvey (Hill-Harvey). It is Applebaum’s contention that, once guardians of an incompetent are appointed, there is no further need for a court-appointed attorney and indeed no authority in the court to permit the continuance of such person as attorney for an incompetent.

A brief recital of the procedural history of this case is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re QuinlanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  2. In Re TrottNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1972
  3. Den v. AllenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1806

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