Court Opinion

ID: 5185646
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-06 04:48:05.689008+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:26:43.985131
License: Public Domain

Ingraham, J. :
The order appealed from ivas granted upon an order to show canse, a copy of which was served upon the beneficiary of the trust, Eleanor Margarette Hamilton, as infant over the age of fourteen years. Louise Savage Tyng, the general guardian of the. infant, appeared by counsel for the purpose of objecting to the granting of the motion, upon the ground, among others, that no proper guardian ad litem of such infant had been appointed. It appears by the *253record that, the order to show cause having been served upon the infant, who was a beneficiary of the trust, upon the return day of such order to show cause neither the infant nor any one on her behalf applied to have a guardian ad litem appointed for her. The petitioner, therefore, presented a petition praying that a person named be appointed such guardian ad litem; and the court appointed such person who liad been nominated by the petitioner, who was the adverse party to the infant. Upon an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate such appointment, we have reversed the order and vacated such appointment as being in violation of rule 49 of the General Rules of Practice. As the appointment of this guardian ad litem was irregular, the court should not have granted the prayer of the petition until a proper guardian ad litem has been appointed for the infant beneficiary, upon whom the petition and order to show cause should be served and who would have an opportunity to appear upon the application, and for that reason this ■order must be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.
Yak Brunt, P.. J., Barrett, Rümsey and McLaughlin, JJ., •concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion dismissed, with ten dollars costs.