Buxton v. Wilson

LAVENDER, Justice:

The issue here presented is whether the natural father of two children, age eight and two respectively, has a preferential right to be appointed guardian of the property of the siblings where the father is shown to be competent to transact his own business, and not otherwise unsuitable or disqualified under existing law to serve as guardian, as against the claim to appointment as guardian of the testamentary des-ignee specified in the deceased mother of the siblings’ last will and testament.

The children were bom of the marriage between George H. Wilson II and Linda Murdock…