Case Name: In the Matter of Timothy O'Connor, an Incompetent Person
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-08-27
Citations: 185 Misc. 650
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Timothy O’Connor, an Incompetent Person.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 650–650

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Timothy O’Connor, an Incompetent Person.
Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County,
August 27, 1945.
Robert C. Roy for Thomas J. O’Connor, petitioner* for the motion.
Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Isidore Siegel of counsel), opposed.

Opinion:
Wenzel, J.
The petitioner, uncle of the incompetent war veteran, moves for an order permitting the substituted committee of the incompetent to pay him the sum of $15 per week from the incompetent's estate, for his support and maintenance.
There is no legal obligation upon the part of the incompetent to support" the petitioner and under the Federal statutes the petitioner, as the incompetent's uncle, is not defined as;'a dependent [World War Adjusted Compensation" Act, § 607.; U. S. Code, tit. 38, § 667]. Application denied.