New York A 9380: Relates to compensation of individuals appointed by the court as court evaluators in guardianship matters

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A09380 Summary:

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Relates to compensation of individuals appointed by the court as court evaluators in guardianship matters.

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12/19/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9380

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to compensation of
 individuals appointed by the court as court evaluators in guardianship
 matters

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of section 81.09 of the mental hygiene law,
 2 as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (f) [When judgment grants a petition, the] The court may award a
 5 reasonable compensation to a court evaluator, including the mental
 6 hygiene legal service, payable by any or all of the petitioner, the
 7 person alleged to be incapacitated or the estate of the allegedly inca-
 8 pacitated person[. When a judgment denies or dismisses a petition, the
 9 court may award a reasonable allowance to a court evaluator, including
 10 the mental hygiene legal service, payable by the petitioner or by the
 11 person alleged to be incapacitated, or both], in such proportions as the
 12 court may deem just. When the person alleged to be incapacitated dies
 13 before the determination is made in the proceeding, the court may award
 14 a reasonable allowance to a court evaluator, payable by the petitioner
 15 or by the estate of the decedent, or by both in such proportions as the
 16 court may deem just.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13156-01-5

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