In re Emerson

This is an application to declare an elderly person in her early eighties incompetent and to have a committee appointed for her.

The facts in this case are fairly typical of the problems that confront many persons of advanced age and of their need of a service that provides needed protection and yet does not infringe upon their liberty and dignity any more than absolutely essential.

For many years, students of the needs of our senior citizens have urged the availability of procedures that would provide sufficient care and protection for the elderly without infringing their liberty and daily…