§ 1761 Application of other provisions

This rule connects two parts of New York's court law that deal with guardianships. Article 17 covers rules for guardians of children (called "infants" in legal language). This rule says those same rules also apply when the case involves an adult with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability instead of a child.

In practice, this means courts use the same basic process and standards for both types of cases. Wherever the law talks about a child, it should be read to also mean a person with an intellectual or developmental disability. Wherever it talks about a guardian for a child, it should be read to also mean a guardian for that adult.

This rule exists so the courts do not have to write separate detailed instructions for every part of the guardianship process. Instead, they can reuse the existing rules from Article 17 and simply apply them to adults with disabilities, as long as it makes sense in context.