N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 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'

administration and income from such benefits, but such other property of

the ward to which he may be entitled and which is not then being

administered by a committee appointed pursuant to the provisions of

article seventy-eight of this chapter in the case of an incompetent or

pursuant to article seventy-seven of this chapter in the case of a

conservatee, or guardian appointed pursuant to the provisions of the

surrogate's court procedure act in the case of an infant; provided,

however, that if objection to such appointment of a guardian be made by

or on behalf of such ward, such appointment shall not be made except

upon compliance with said provisions of this chapter in the case of an

incompetent or conservatee, or the surrogate's court procedure act in

the case of an infant.