Senate Bill S2782

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the time a court has to confirm the appointment of a standby guardian from sixty to one hundred eighty days

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2782 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6139
Law Section:
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1757, SCPA

2009-S2782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the time a court has to confirm the appointment of a standby guardian from sixty to one hundred eighty days.

2009-S2782 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2782

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to  the
  confirmation of standby guardians

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  1757  of  the  surrogate's  court
procedure  act,  as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1989, is amended
to read as follows:
  2. Such standby guardian, or alternate in the  event  of  [such]  such
standby  guardian's  death,  incapacity  or  renunciation, shall without
further proceedings be empowered to assume the  duties  of  his  or  her
office  immediately upon death, renunciation or adjudication of incompe-
tency of the guardian or standby guardian  appointed  pursuant  to  this
article,  subject  only to confirmation of his or her appointment by the
court within [sixty] ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY days following assumption of his
or her duties of such office. Before confirming the appointment  of  the
standby  guardian or alternate guardian, the court may conduct a hearing
pursuant to section seventeen hundred fifty-four of  this  article  upon
petition by anyone on behalf of the mentally retarded or developmentally
disabled  person  or  the  mentally retarded or developmentally disabled
person if such person is eighteen years of age or  older,  or  upon  its
discretion.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08686-01-9

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