Ashley v. Delp

WHICHARD, Judge.

I

Plaintiffs ward is the sister of appellant. In 1966 a psychologist examined her and determined that she had an intelligence quotient of 44.

The ward lived with her parents until her mother’s death in 1966 and her father’s death in 1968. She never married or held a job outside the home, though she did perform simple tasks about the house for her parents.

Approximately six months after her father’s death the ward moved to a house across the road from appellant and his wife to enable them to care for her. In 1972 she began living in a mobile home in their yard.

The father of…