(August 20, 2018, 11:31 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A majority of a New York appellate court on Aug. 16 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that granted a doctor’s petition to authorize the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for a developmentally disabled octogenarian in accordance with his guardian, finding that the lower court’s ruling was consistent with requirements for the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment under the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act (SCPA) (In re Mark F. Sloane, M.D., etc. v M.G., No. 160704/16, 5872, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 1st Dept., 2018 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5750)....