GUARDIANSHIP OF ANDREW J.G., Pursuant to SCPA Article 17-A (21-1651) — This is a proceeding pursuant to Article 17-A of the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act for the appointment of the petitioners as guardians of the person of the respondent, an alleged developmentally disabled person. Upon the oral and documentary proof adduced at the virtual hearing at which the proposed guardians, their counsel and the respondent appeared remotely, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the respondent is a developmentally disabled person within the provisions of Article 17-A of the SCPA, that he has a developmental disability which results in an impairment of general intellectual functioning so that he is unable to manage himself or his affairs by reason of his developmental disability (SCPA 1750-a [2]), that he lacks the capacity to make health care decisions, and that the petitioners and proposed standby guardian are qualified to assume the responsibility of serving as the respondent’s guardians, including exercising the right to make health care decisions pursuant to SCPA 1750-a (2). Accordingly, the application is granted. Letters of guardianship of the person of the respondent shall issue to his parents, Lisbeth A. and Raul G. His aunt, Laura Beth A., is appointed standby guardian to serve when neither the of the guardians are able to do so. The successor guardian shall assume the duties of her office subject to qualification and confirmation pursuant to SCPA 1757. Decree signed. June 29, 2022
ESTATE OF ANNIE WOOLRIDGE, Deceased (15-1646/B) — The administrator, the decedent’s daughter, seeks to lift the restrictions contained on her limited letters of administration so that she may receive and judicially account for the remaining proceeds of personal injury causes of action settled in the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Pineda-Kirwan, J.) which are being held in her attorneys’ escrow account. The supreme court order, inter alia, directed payment of attorneys’ fees, disbursements and a Medicare claim. The decedent sustained injuries allegedly as a result of medical malpractice and died intestate on May 28, 2015. Her distributees are the petitioner and another daughter who, along with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, consents to the relief requested. An additional $170 is to be paid to counsel for the petitioner for the filing fee herein. The net distributable proceeds are to be paid to the daughters in equal shares (EPTL 4-1.1 [a] [3]). Decree signed. July 8, 2022
