Lineham v. Hyde

h Under our guardianship statutes, a court may terminate a guardianship if it is no longer necessary or if it is in the ward’s best' interest. We hold that a guardianship is no longer necessary when a fit parent who consented to a guardianship revokes consent. Here, the circuit court’s ruling that the father, David Lineham, was unfit was clearly erroneous. Therefore, the court should have granted David’s petition to terminate a guardianship to which he had earlier consented. We reverse the order keeping the guardianship in place and remand for the court to enter an order terminating the…