Schaefer v. Schaefer

Coenia Schaefer appeals from an order appointing her son Roger Schaefer as her legal guardian. We reverse and remand.

On de novo review, ORS 111.085(7); ORS 19.415(3), we find the following facts. At the time of trial, appellant was 86 and lived alone in her own home, as she had for the previous 26 years. She cared for her collection of pets (many cats and a dog), handled her own finances with minimal assistance, did most of her own shopping and food preparation, and kept a neat house — albeit a foul-smelling one, owing apparently to the cats. She used a walker to move about and took a taxi…