Legal Opinion
Guardianship of Brown
California Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1976No. S.F. 23372PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
In this guardianship proceeding Nancy Nielsen Brown, objector (Nancy), and Thomas Nelson Brown, alleged incompetent (Thomas), appeal from an order appointing respondent Willett Thomas (Willett), the mother of the incompetent, guardian of his person and estate and authorizing her to take him to the State of New York for medical care.
Thomas, a 35-year-old man, became incapacitated in March 1974 as the result of a stroke. He was rendered paralyzed and mute. During his ensuing hospitalization, he was unable to effectively communicate and responded only to basic stimuli such as…
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