Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Cardner

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 23, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] Nelson Johnson appeals from the judgment of the Waldo County Probate Court (Barrett, J.) ordering him to cooperate in the transfer of Edward Cardner’s assets to Cardner’s guardian. Johnson contends that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. Finding no merit in Johnson’s contention, we affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] Cardner granted a durable power of attorney to Johnson, a New Jersey attorney, in 1994. Apparently without Cardner’s involvement, in 1995, Johnson formed a New Jersey nonprofit corporation named the Ed and Tex Cardner Scholarship Fund to be operated by a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Common Cause v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  2. Donn-Griffin v. DonnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Stull v. First American Title InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  2. Michael Zelman v. Andrew ZelmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2020

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