Estate of Casteel v. Litem

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether letters of guardianship to a parent for her minor child, must terminate when the child turns eighteen. Though not raised, there is a more fundamental question of jurisdiction in the trial court to grant a parent letters of guardianship of a minor child. Appellant mother applied for guardianship over her minor daughter. The trial court granted letters of guardianship of a minor but held the guardianship would terminate upon the minor’s eighteenth birthday. Mother filed this appeal because the court failed to…