In Re the Guardianship & Conservatorship of Nelson

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this guardianship and conser-vatorship action, we examine a challenge to the circuit court’s jurisdiction brought by an individual accused of plundering the protected person’s estate by misuse of a power of attorney.

Background

[¶2.] Margaret “Peggy” Nelson and her husband owned and operated a ranch near Aladdin, Wyoming. They had no children. After Peggy’s husband died, she became the sole owner and operator of the ranch. Susan Rice is a great niece of Peggy’s late husband. In the late 1990s, Susan and her husband, John Rice, moved close to Peggy’s ranch. They…