In re the Conservatorship of Huerta

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

Each of the six cases consolidated for review involves a claim by a successor conservator or curator against a former conservator or curator (principal) unable to adequately account for the ward’s assets and the former conservator’s or curator’s surety. At issue is the sureties’ liability for interest and costs in excess of the penal sum of the bonds, and the sureties’ liability for interest assessed from the date of each conversion, rather than from the date of notice or demand on each surety.

In each of these cases, the successor…