In re the Guardianship of Tschumy

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

Appellant guardian challenges the district court’s determination that he was required to seek an order from the district court to authorize the discontinuation of a permanently unconscious ward’s life-sup*766port systems. Because the statutory grant of medical-consent power to a guardian, unless otherwise limited by court order, encompasses the authority to discontinue medical treatment for a permanently unconscious ward, we conclude that, if no interested party has objected, a guardian holding that power need not seek an order from the district court before authorizing…