Legal Opinion
In Matter of Guardianship & Protective Placement of Shaw
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided January 3, 1979No. 77-413PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDean, P.J.
The order appealed from directed the appointment of a guardian for the person and property of James R. Shaw, ordered that he be protectively placed in the Eau Claire Area Health Care Center, and directed that he be placed in a locked ward. This action was commenced with the filing of a petition for guardianship and protective placement by Gary Joslin, a social worker with the Eau Claire Area Health Care Center.
At the final hearing on this petition, Joslin testified that Shaw was a 69-year-old alcoholic who had been admitted to the Health Care Center thirty-five times over the preceding two…
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