N.Y. SCP Law § 1709
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Appointment of guardian by supreme court 1
Official statutory text
§ 1709. Appointment of guardian by supreme court\n 1. Where the supreme court appoints a guardian of an infant's person\nor property, or both, a certified copy of the order or decree appointing\nthe guardian and of the bond given by the guardian shall be filed in the\nsurrogate's court of the county in which the infant is domiciled, or if\nthe infant be a non-domiciliary of the state, in the county in which the\ninfant has property and a minute thereof made and indexed in the book\nkept by the court in which orders or decrees appointing guardians are\nentered.\n 2. Letters shall thereupon issue to the guardian from such court upon\nqualifying as provided in section 708.\n 3. A guardian so appointed shall be subject to all the duties and\nliabilities of a guardian specified in this article.\n
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