Griffith J. Davis v. Beatrice Corrin

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellee petitioned the District Court for the appointment of a conservator for the person and property of Muriel C. Davis, her daughter. 1 Appellant, Mrs. Davis’ husband, is a foreign service officer employed by the Agency for International Development, and at the time was on assignment to duty in Nigeria. The petition alleged that Mrs. Davis was a resident of the District of Columbia but that she was then being cared for in appellee’s home in East Orange, New Jersey, following her release from a hospital after treatment for mental illness. As the…