In Re: Proposed Conservatorship of Mary F. Stratton

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE April 15, 2013 Session IN RE PROPOSED CONSERVATORSHIP OF MARY F. STRATTON Appeal from the Probate Court for Roane County No. 2011-PR-38 Jeffery H. Wicks, Judge No. E2012-01655-COA-R3-CV-FILED-JULY 31, 2013 Mary Fern Smith (“Petitioner”) filed a petition in the trial court seeking the appointment of a conservator for her 90-year-old mother, Mary F. Stratton (“Mother”). Mother filed a motion to dismiss citing the provisions of Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6).1 The trial court held that it did not have jurisdiction of the petition because Mother was…