Estate of Treadwell v. Wright

Appelwick, J. —

A guardian depleted the accounts of an incapacitated ward. The ward’s estate (the Estate) sued the attorney hired by the ward’s guardian to establish a guardianship for breach of duty. The alleged breach of duty was the attorney’s failure to fully comply with the statutes requiring that prior to the inception of the guardianship a bond or bond agreements blocking access to unbonded funds absent a court order be in place. The attorney argued that she had no duty to the incapacitated ward because the ward was not her client. The trial court granted summary judgment to the…