Heiss v. Conti

EISMANN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a petition to remove a testamentary guardian of two orphaned minor children. We affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the magistrate court.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Jane Doe, age 11, and John Doe, age 6, (Children) resided with their parents Karl Heiss (Karl) and Marisa Bauducco-Heiss (Marisa) in Bonner County, Idaho. On October 1, 2008, the family left Idaho intending to travel to Argentina to spend six months with Marisa’s mother, Violetta Conti (Conti), who resides in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, at the…