Thompson v. Patner

In this consolidated appeal, Dr. Robert Walder Thompson (petitioner), a disabled person, appeals from three orders entered by the probate court on matters relating to his estate. The petitioner’s family, Lee Thompson and his six children (respondent family), responds to petitioner’s appeal of the February 24, 1988, order denying a petition to restore competency over petitioner’s estate and awarding attorney fees, as well as the March 23, 1988, order denying petitioner’s motion for leave to appeal and retain counsel.1 The guardian of the estate, the Northern Trust Company (respondent Northern…