In Re Estate of Wood

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

William J. Irvin appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County denying his petition for appointment of a guardian for the estate of Melba F. Wood.

Melba Wood is a widow in her mid-eighties who is institutionalized in a nursing home. On July 2, 1984, she revoked the power-of-attorney previously given to her niece by marriage, Bertha Irvin, the wife of appellant. She then entered into an intervivos trust agreement with the Union National Bank and Trust Company of Souderton, in which she agreed to turn over all her property to the Bank, and in return,…