Matter of Guardianship of Rich

MILLER, Chief Justice.

Robert M. Wakefield appeals from a circuit court order that Pioneer Bank & Trust be appointed conservator of the estate of his Mother, Margaret F. Rich. He also appeals a subsequent order that all funds from joint bank accounts be delivered to the conservator. We affirm.

FACTS

Margaret F. Rich (Mother) is an eighty-five-year-old widow from Newell, South Dakota, who at the time of the guardianship hearing resided in a group home in Spearfish, South Dakota. She owns real estate and personal property valued at over $997,-000. Mother has one natural child, a son from her first…