Case Name: Matter of the Estate of William Lawrence Breese and Hamilton Fish Breese, Infants
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-12
Citations: 15 Mills Surr. 348
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matter of the Estate of William Lawrence Breese and Hamilton Fish Breese, Infants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mills' Surrogate's Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 348–348

Head Matter:
Matter of the Estate of William Lawrence Breese and Hamilton Fish Breese, Infants.
(Surrogate’s Court, New York County,
December, 1915.)
Guabdians—Application fob ancillaby lettees of quabdianship—Code Civ. Peo., § 2664(2).
Under section 2654(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure an application for ancillary letters of guardianship must be made by the person authorized to act as guardian within the county where the infant resides, but no provision of said Code authorizes the surrogate to issue joint letters of guardianship.
Application for ancillary letters of guardianship.
Marvin, Hooker & Roosevelt, for petitioner.

Opinion:
Fowleb, S.
This is an application for the grant of ancillary letters of guardianship to the petitioners as joint ancillary guardians. Under section 2654, subdivision 2, the application for ancillary letters must be made by the person authorized to act as guardian within the county where the infant resides. Section 2655. provides that if the surrogate is satisfied that the case is within section 2654, and " that it will be for the ward's interest that ancillary letters of guardianship should be issued to the petitioner," he may grant letters of guardianship accordingly. This section merely provides for the granting of letters to the petitioner, and not to the petitioner and another person jointly. There is no provision of the Code which authorizes the issuance of joint letters of guardianship in the Surrogate's Court. The decree should provide for the issuance of ancillary letters to Julia Fish Breese.
Decreed accordingly.