In re the Application for the Appointment of a Conservator for the Property of Powers

Petitioners seek the appointment of a conservator for one Edna V. Powers, pursuant to article 77 of the Mental Hygiene Law.

*1045The petitioners are friends of the proposed conservatee who is a resident of a local nursing home and is physically unable to appear. The petition nominates a local banking institution to act as the proposed conservator.

In accordance with section 77.07 of the Mental Hygiene Law, notice of the petition was served upon one Regina Bonanno, age 17, the granddaughter and sole distributee of Edna V. Powers. Because of Miss Bonanno’s age, her father was also served. Both Miss…