Brooklyn judge declines to honor Egyptian order
In deciding a seemingly routine guardianship proceeding, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Barros had to contend with New York State law as well as a guardianship order previously executed in Egypt.
In refusing to recognize the Egyptian order, naming a son as guardian to his elderly father, as a complete authority, Barros found for the elderly man’s wife.
In Matter of Gabr, 100223/2011, Ahmed Mohamed Gabr sought to control the U.S. assets of his father, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Gabr. The elder Gabr was a resident in Egypt for many years before returning to the United States. While in Egypt, he married Sana’a Mohamed Gabr and suffered a stroke shortly thereafter that left him wheelchair bound.