In Re Poliksa, Unpublished Decision (5-26-2006)

DECISION.

{¶ 1} Respondent-appellant Catherine Poliksa appeals the probate court's appointment of petitioner-appellee Pamela Margulies as her guardian. Poliksa assigns one error — that the court's decision was arbitrary and capricious and against the manifest weight of the evidence. In support of this assignment of error, Poliksa maintains that (1) Margulies did not demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that Poliksa was incompetent; and (2) the court failed to consider the least restrictive alternative to guardianship — conservatorship.

{¶ 2} Poliksa's multiple sclerosis, dementia, and…