Cooperider v. Clark

This is an appeal from an action for the. appointment of a guardian instituted in the trial court by appellee, Flossie L. Clark, who petitioned the court to appoint a guardian for appellant, Samantha B. Cooperider. The trial court, by default judgment, appointed J. Gordon Gibbs as guardian for Mrs. Cooperider.

The petition was filed in Hendricks Superior Court, alleging in essence that, appellant was incapable of managing her affairs by reason of age and physical infirmity and praying that a guardian be appointed. Before the default date as indicated in the summons, appellant appeared…