Guardianship and Conservatorship of Sim

I. INTRODUCTION

These cases, which were consolidated for argument on the court’s own motion, arise from a petition by Edith R. Wright and Opal C. Comiskey to have a guardian and conservator appointed for their 87-year-old half sister, Maude Clevenger Sim, with whom they share a common father. The cases constitute the third and fourth appearances of this matter in this court. In the first appearance, Sim v. Comiskey, 216 Neb. 83, 341 N.W.2d 611 (1983), we affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the effort by Sim’s attorneys to enjoin the county court proceeding which ultimately led to the…