In re the Guardianship of the Property of Cooper-Novack

*644OPINION OF THE COURT

Eve Preminger, S.

These are dual guardianship proceedings concerning the infant children of now-divorced parents. The children’s mother, Ellen Novack, petitions the court for limited letters appointing her guardian of an approximate $80,000 inheritance to be received by the children as residuary beneficiaries under the will of their maternal great-uncle, Sam Novack. This application is made with the limited consent of the children’s father, Paul Cooper, to whom limited letters were issued on May 16, 1997 in each proceeding, with the waiver and limited consent of Ms. Novack.…