Matter of Joshua H. (Grace N.)

Matter of Joshua H. v Grace N. 2011 NY Slip Op 00380 Decided on January 18, 2011 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on January 18, 2011
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P.
RUTH C. BALKIN
RANDALL T. ENG
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.
2009-11664
(Index No. 18272/04)

[*1]In the Matter of Joshua H. (Anonymous), respondent.

and

Grace N. (Anonymous), nonparty-appellant.




Grace N., Brooklyn, N.Y., nonparty-appellant pro se.


DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81 for the appointment of a guardian for the personal needs and property management of Joshua H., an incapacitated person, nonparty Grace N., the former counsel to the guardian of the person and property of Joshua H., the former successor guardian of the person and property of Joshua H., and the former trustee of a supplemental needs trust established for the benefit of Joshua H., appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), dated July 13, 2009, as imposed a surcharge upon her.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

It is within the discretion of the Supreme Court to determine what, if any, compensation is due to a fiduciary of an incapacitated person or an attorney representing such a fiduciary (see Mental Hygiene Law § 81.28[b]; Matter of Isadora R., 5 AD3d 494, 495). The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in surcharging the appellant for all money taken by her, inasmuch as no compensation was due her in light of her failure to complete her duties.

The appellant's remaining contentions are either without merit or not properly before this Court.
FLORIO, J.P., BALKIN, ENG and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court