Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Freida

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 25, 1997No. 95-P-721Published

1Opinion of the CourtFlannery, J.

Freída, the ward in this guardianship matter, appeals from an order of the Probate Court effectively authorizing the guardian to receive fees totalling $7,113, and from the denial of her amended motion to alter or amend that order. We affirm.

*46On September 20, 1988, upon petition of the Department of Mental Health, the Probate Court entered a decree appointing an attorney as the ward’s guardian.2 In late 1993, the ward sought to discharge the guardian and to have a third party appointed as conservator. In February, 1994, after hearing, a Probate Court judge ordered the guardian to file accounts…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Philpott v. Essex County Welfare BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Bennett v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. GTE Products Corp. v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  4. Cohen v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  5. Frank C. Fetterusso, Otto Hofendiener, and Leonard Giardiana v. State of New York, New York State Office of Mental HealthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990

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