State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Mhy > Title-e > Article-81 > 81-06§ 81.06 Who may commence a proceeding. (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.
