In Re the Conservatorship of Geldert

OPINION

LANSING, Judge

Colleen Ann Geldert is a mentally retarded adult who has been a ward of the Commissioner of Human Services since 1958. Geldert suffers from end-stage renal failure caused by polycistic kidney disease. Dialysis is the only treatment option available to Geldert at this time. In December 1999, Geldert’s sister, who believes dialysis is not in her sister’s best interests, petitioned to be appointed general conservator of Geldert’s person for the express purpose of preventing her from undergoing dialysis. Geldert appeals from an order discharging the Commissioner of Human…