GUARDIANSHIP OF PRINCE K.B. Pursuant to SCPA Article 17-A (23-533) — This is a proceeding pursuant to Article 17-A of the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act for the appointment of the petitioner as guardian of the person of the respondent, an alleged intellectually and developmentally disabled person. Upon the oral and documentary proof adduced at the hearing at which the respondent and the proposed guardian appeared, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the respondent is an intellectually and developmentally disabled person within the provisions of Article 17-A of the SCPA and that he lacks the capacity to make health care decisions. The court is further satisfied that the petitioner is qualified to assume the responsibility of serving as the respondent’s guardian. Accordingly, the application is granted. Letters of guardianship of the person of the respondent shall issue to his mother, Olivia A. A.-K. The Chief Clerk is to mail a copy of this decision and the decree to the pro se petitioner. Decree signed. September 5, 2024
ESTATE OF LUCILLE CHAPPELL, Deceased (17-2577/A) — The administrator, a daughter of the decedent, seeks to lift the restrictions contained in her limited letters of administration so she may receive and judicially account for the remaining proceeds of personal injury causes of action settled in the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gonzalez, J.) being held in her attorneys’ escrow account. The supreme court order, inter alia, directed the payment of attorneys’ fees, disbursements and a Medicaid claim. The decedent sustained injuries as a result of alleged negligence and died intestate on May 25, 2017. In addition to the petitioner, the decedent’s distributees are four children, including a daughter who post-deceased, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The decedent’s living children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren consent to the application. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance also consents. Citation issued to the post-deceased daughter’s seven children and there was no appearance in opposition on the return date nor has the court received any opposition to the application to date. The sum of $17,076 is to be paid to decedent’s daughter Sandra Chappell in reimbursement of decedent’s funeral expenses. The net distributable proceeds shall be paid to the decedent’s distributees pursuant to EPTL 4-1.1 (a) (3). The share of the post-deceased daughter shall be paid to the duly appointed fiduciary of her estate. If no fiduciary is appointed for the estate within 120 days of the date of the decree to be entered herein, that share may be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance for the City of New York for the benefit of those who may establish entitlement thereto. Decree signed. September 5, 2024
