Zobel v. Fenendael

Herbert and Helen Hancox, guardians of Lillian Zobel, appeal from a judgment entered, following a jury trial, dismissing their complaint which sought to void a gift by deed executed by Zobel to Lee and Gloria Fenendael. The jury determined that Zobel was competent at the time she made the gift.

During trial, the Hancoxes sought to amend their complaint to conform to certain evidence which showed that Zobel executed the deed while she was subject to a conservatorship. The Hancoxes claimed that Zobel's gift was void, as a matter of law, since it was made without the approval of the conservator…