Opinion
2018–10284 Index No. 800085/12
04-17-2019
In the MATTER OF IDA M. (Anonymous). Gino M. (Anonymous), et al., Petitioners-Appellants; v. Cara Buonincontri, etc., Respondent-Respondent, et al., Nonparty-Respondents.
Leavitt & Kerson, Forest Hills, N.Y. (Paul E. Kerson of counsel), for petitioners—appellants. Cara Buonincontri, Staten Island, NY, respondent-respondent pro se.
Leavitt & Kerson, Forest Hills, N.Y. (Paul E. Kerson of counsel), for petitioners—appellants.
Cara Buonincontri, Staten Island, NY, respondent-respondent pro se.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., RUTH C. BALKIN, LEONARD B. AUSTIN, ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81, the petitioners appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Thomas P. Aliotta, J.), dated June 19, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied the petitioners' motion pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 81.35 to remove Cara Buonincontri as guardian of the person and property of Ida M.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the petitioners' motion pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 81.35 to remove Cara Buonincontri as guardian of the person and property of Ida M. The petitioners' conclusory allegations did not provide a basis for removal (see Matter of Solomon R. [Michael R.], 123 A.D.3d 934, 935, 999 N.Y.S.2d 435 ; Matter of Carmen H. [Thomas H.—Grace H.], 90 A.D.3d 1049, 935 N.Y.S.2d 516 ; Matter of Mary Alice C., 56 A.D.3d 467, 468, 865 N.Y.S.2d 918 ).
The petitioners' remaining contentions are without merit.
RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, AUSTIN and MILLER, JJ., concur.