Coston v. Joseph P.

Gloria Coston, the sister of Joseph P., and Gloria Martony, the niece of Joseph P., appeal from the circuit court orders determining that Joseph P. is incompetent, appointing a guardian for his estate and person, and ordering his protective placement. Coston and Martony contend: (1) that the circuit court erred, as a matter of law, in ordering Joseph P.'s guardianship and protective placement without conducting a full evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether he was competent and that, in failing to conduct a full hearing on the merits, the court violated Joseph P.'s due process rights; (2)…