Opinion
2003-01894.
Decided March 8, 2004.
In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81, Steven T. Rondos appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), dated January 22, 2003, as disallowed an attorney's fee for services he provided to the co-guardians.
Raia Rondos, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Steven T. Rondos pro se of counsel), for nonparty-appellant.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P. GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, WILLIAM F. MASTRO, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, to determine the reasonable amount of an attorney's fee to be awarded to the appellant.
The Supreme Court erred in disallowing an attorney's fee to the appellant for, inter alia, the preparation and filing of the semi-annual account of the co-guardians, who are not attorneys or accountants ( see Matter of Helen C., 2 A.D.3d 729; Matter of Tijuana M., 303 A.D.2d 681; Matter of McCormick, 220 A.D.2d 506; cf. Matter of Erlandsen, 265 N.Y. 155). Accordingly, we remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Queens County, to determine the reasonable amount of an attorney's fee and to provide a clear and concise explanation of its reasons for the fee award ( see Matter of Mavis L., 285 A.D.2d 509; Ricciuti v. Lombardi, 256 A.D.2d 892; Matter of Stark, 174 A.D.2d 746).
ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN and MASTRO, JJ., concur.