N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 81.06 – Who may commence a proceeding
§ 81.06 Who may commence a proceeding.
Terms Used In N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 81.06
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- facility: means a facility, hospital, or school, or an alcoholism facility in this state as such terms are defined in section 1. See N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 81.03
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(a) A proceeding under this article shall be commenced by the filing of the petition with the court by:
1. the person alleged to be incapacitated;
2. a presumptive distributee of the person alleged to be incapacitated, as that term is defined in subdivision forty-two of section one hundred three of the surrogate's court procedure act;
3. an executor or administrator of an estate when the alleged incapacitated person is or may be the beneficiary of that estate;
4. a trustee of a trust when the alleged incapacitated person is or may be the grantor or a beneficiary of that trust;
5. the person with whom the person alleged to be incapacitated resides;
6. a person otherwise concerned with the welfare of the person alleged to be incapacitated. For purposes of this section a person otherwise concerned with the welfare of the person alleged to be incapacitated may include a corporation, or a public agency, including the department of social services in the county where the person alleged to be incapacitated resides regardless of whether the person alleged to be incapacitated is a recipient of public assistance;
7. the chief executive officer, or the designee of the chief executive officer, of a facility in which the person alleged to be incapacitated is a patient or resident.