New York Laws
Article 17 - Special Proceeding for Disposition of Real Property of Infant, Incompetent or Conservatee
1722 - Contents of Petition.

§ 1722. Contents of petition. The petition shall state:

1. The name, age and residence of the infant, incompetent person or
conservatee.

2. The grounds of the proceeding.

3. A description of the real property or interest to be disposed of
and of the incumbrance, if any, thereon.

4. The name and residence of the guardian of the infant, committee of
the incompetent person or conservator of the conservatee and, where a
guardian ad litem is to be appointed, the name and residence of the
person proposed as the guardian ad litem, the relationship he bears to
the infant, incompetent person, or conservatee and the security proposed
to be given.

5. In a proceeding pursuant to subdivision four of section seventeen
hundred eleven of this article, that the contract was made after the
advertisement of the real property for sale for a period of four
successive weeks by a notice of sale posted conspicuously on the
premises, and by publication of a notice of sale in the manner
prescribed by section two hundred thirty-one of this chapter for
publication of a notice of sale of real property made in pursuance of a
judgment, provided, however, that the court may, upon cause shown,
shorten such time or dispense with such advertisement.