Martin v. Clark

Pat Martin filed a petition in Shelby County Probate Court to be appointed guardian over her mother, Georgia Kate Hosch Clark, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Following a hearing on May 12, 1988, a jury declared Mrs. Clark non composmentis; the probate judge granted Mrs. Martin's petition and issued letters of guardianship to her the same day.

Thereafter, on October 3, 1988, Nelson Clark, Mrs. Clark's husband, filed a petition in Shelby County Probate Court to set aside the appointment of Mrs. Martin as guardian, for which the probate judge set a hearing on October 24, 1988. Prior to…