New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 79 - PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO INCOMPETENT VETERANS AND INFANT WARDS OF THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
- 79.01 - Definitions.
79.01 Definitions. As used in this article: The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation, or an association. The term "administration" means the United States veterans'...
- 79.03 - Application.
79.03 Application. Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of the administration, the director requires, prior to payment of benefits, that...
- 79.05 - Limitations on Number of Wards.
79.05 Limitations on number of wards. Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any person to accept appointment as guardian of any ward...
- 79.07 - Petition; Contents.
79.07 Petition; contents. A petition for the appointment of a guardian for an incompetent or conservatee ward may be filed in the supreme court or...
- 79.09 - Consolidated Procedure.
79.09 Consolidated procedure. Upon petition for the appointment of a guardian the court may appoint such guardian to receive not only benefits from the veterans'...
- 79.11 - Prima Facie Evidence of Infancy or Incompetency.
79.11 Prima facie evidence of infancy or incompetency. (a) Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of an infant ward, a...
- 79.13 - Notice.
79.13 Notice. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian under the provisions of this article, the court shall cause...
- 79.15 - Bonds; Sureties.
79.15 Bonds; sureties. Before making an appointment under the provisions of this article the court shall be satisfied that the guardian, whose appointment is sought,...
- 79.17 - Accounts.
79.17 Accounts. (a) Every guardian or committee, whether appointed under this article or under any other law of this state, who shall receive or has...
- 79.19 - Removal of Guardian for Failure to Account or for Other Reasons.
79.19 Removal of guardian for failure to account or for other reasons. If any guardian shall fail to file any account of the moneys received...
- 79.21 - Compensation of Guardian.
79.21 Compensation of guardian. (a) Where a guardian has received only the benefits from the administration or income from such benefits, compensation payable to the...
- 79.23 - Investments by Guardians.
79.23 Investments by guardians. (a) A guardian of an infant ward, in the investment both of the funds of the estate and of other property...
- 79.25 - Maintenance and Support.
79.25 Maintenance and support. A guardian shall not apply any portion of the estate of his ward for the support and maintenance of any person...
- 79.27 - Filing and Recording of Papers and Copies of Public Records to Be Furnished.
79.27 Filing and recording of papers and copies of public records to be furnished. The official, charged with the responsibility of receiving public records for...
- 79.29 - Admission and Retention of Mentally Ill Veterans.
79.29 Admission and retention of mentally ill veterans. Whenever it appears that a mentally ill veteran of any war, military occupation or expedition is eligible...
- 79.31 - Discharge of Guardian.
79.31 Discharge of guardian. (a) When a minor ward for whom a guardian has been appointed under the provisions of this article or other laws...
- 79.33 - Liberal Construction.
79.33 Liberal construction. This article shall be construed liberally to secure the beneficial intents and purposes thereof.
- 79.35 - Uniformity of Construction.
79.35 Uniformity of construction. This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those...
- 79.37 - Invalidity of Part of Article.
79.37 Invalidity of part of article. The invalidity of any portion of this article shall not affect the validity of any other portion thereof which...
- 79.39 - Recognition of Veterans' Administration As a Party in Interest.
79.39 Recognition of veterans' administration as a party in interest. (a) With respect to benefits from the administration or the income therefrom, the administrator of...
- 79.41 - Funds to Be Kept Separate.
79.41 Funds to be kept separate. Every guardian shall keep the funds received by him in his capacity as guardian separate and distinct from his...
- 79.43 - Notice of Pendency of Proceeding; Effect.
79.43 Notice of pendency of proceeding; effect. In all proceedings taken under this article, if real property or any interest therein is intended to be...
Last modified: February 3, 2019