Legal Opinion

In re Stolworthy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 17, 1962Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding to appoint a committee of the person and property of an alleged incompetent, said alleged incompetent appeals from an order of the County Court, Nassau County, entered August 17, 1962, which denied her motion to dismiss the petition and instead appointed a psychiatrist to examine her and to report to the court concerning her competency. Order reversed on the law and the facts, with $10 costs and disbursements; motion granted, and petition dismissed. The proof in this record does not raise the satisfactory presumption of ineompeteney nor the need for a committee which is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re BurkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  2. In re LangdonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  3. In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Person & Property of SchermerhornNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. In re the Application for the Appointment of a Committee of the PersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  5. In re TompkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918

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