Court Opinion

ID: 5746158
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 16:49:44.686494+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:09.776959
License: Public Domain

Respondent should not have to pay any part of the evaluator’s fee where the petition, which was dismissed after a hearing for lack of medical evidence substantiating petitioner’s claim of incapacity, lacks the required “specific factual allegations” of personal actions or financial transactions demonstrating incapacity (Mental Hygiene Law § 81.08 [a] [4], [5]; see Matter of Petty, 256 AD2d 281, 283 [1998]). Concur—Lippman, P.J., Andrias, Williams and McGuire, JJ.