In Re Conservatorship of Estate of Martin

Clark, D.J.

Donald L. Ellison, conservator for the estate of Elizabeth G. Martin, a protected person, filed a motion for approval of account and resignation as conservator with the county court for Butler County. Elizabeth Martin, the protected person, through her attorney, filed an answer and cross-petition against Ellison and the bond surety company, alleging that Ellison had negligently breached his duties as conservator and that the estate of Martin had been damaged.

An evidentiary hearing was held in the county court, following which the county court found that Ellison had “exercised such…