Excerpt from: Law.com (click for full article)
A New York state judge has declined to recognize an Egyptian court's appointment of a son as his father's guardian.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Betsy Barros dismissed as contrary to the state's public policy the bid of Ahmed Mohamed Gabr to control the U.S. assets of his father, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Gabr.
Instead, the judge appointed the elder man's wife, Sana'a, as his personal needs guardian.
"This Court cannot appoint the foreign guardian as a guardian in this matter," Barros wrote in Matter of Gabr, 100223/2011. "He has no means of support and has been declared bankrupt. Moreover, despite a court order from Egypt, the Petitioner has not supported his father or his father's wife for years. His extreme animus toward Sana'a, his father's nominated guardian, current primary care giver and chosen companion, likewise makes his appointment untenable."
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