In re Guardianship of Hollins

{¶ 1} In this case, we are asked to determine the extent of a probate court’s jurisdiction, if any, over a minor ward once that ward reaches the age of majority.

Case History

{¶ 2} In August 2002, appellee, Mark McLeod, filed an application for the appointment of a guardian of a minor in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court. McLeod was seeking to become the guardian of the estate of then 15-year-old Walter Hollins Jr. to pursue a medical malpractice complaint on Hollins’s behalf. In September 2002, the probate court granted McLeod’s application and appointed him Hollins’s guardian.

{¶ 3} Two years…