Conners v. Berlin

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Department of Health which found decedent ineligible for certain Medicaid benefits.

In September 2003, Paul Hettinger (hereinafter .decedent), a *1209widower, executed a durable general power of attorney appointing Sharon Williams, an individual identified in the record as his cousin-in-law, as his attorney-in-fact. The power of attorney authorized Williams to engage in various financial and banking transactions, but did not permit her to make…