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Conservatorship of Jackson

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 4, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCalkins, J.

[¶ 1] The Department of Human Services (DHS) and William Jackson appeal from a decision of the Penobscot County Probate Court (Woodcock, J.) denying DHS’s petition to terminate its conservatorship of Raynold Jackson Sr.; disallowing DHS’s accounting; and rescinding a deed transferred by DHS on behalf of Raynold Jackson Sr. to William. We vacate the decision.

[¶ 2] DHS was appointed public guardian of Raynold Jackson Sr. in October 1991. Jackson Sr., who was seventy-six years old, lived at a nursing home in Bar Harbor. He was unable to walk and nearly blind. The left side of his body was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Estate of PaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  2. Dow v. AdamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Maine School Administrative District No. 27 v. Maine Public Employees Retirement SystemSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
  2. Sch. Admin. Dist. 27 v. Employees Ret. Sys.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009

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