In re the Guardianship of Ward

*61OPINION OF THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

Lani Booth, filed a petition in the circuit court of the first circuit for the appointment of a guardian for her sister, Victoria Kathleen Ward, alleging that Miss Ward was seventy-seven years of age, mentally infirm, unable to manage her business affairs, and non compos mentis; that she has a substantial estate of real and personal property situated within the Territory of Hawaii of a value in excess of $100,000; that it was necessary that a guardian of the *62estate and of the person of the incompetent he appointed. Mrs. Booth requested the appointment of…