Fuller v. Department of Mental Hygiene

Appeal by guardian of the incompetent’s estate, on an agreed statement of facts, from that portion of the order settling the second and final account of the guardian granting a lien for $2,441.94 upon the real property therein described in favor of the Department of Mental Hygiene of the State of California.

Questions Presented

Fundamentally, did the probate court in March 1955, have jurisdiction to create a lien upon the assets of the incompetent, and in 1961, by the order appealed from, to confirm such lien based upon said prior order ? This requires the determination of three questions:

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