Matter of Conservatorship of Rininger

CARTER, Justice.

This case comes to us on appeal from a district court order that surcharged the conservator for the funds he allowed the ward to accumulate for purposes of purchasing five certificates of deposit in joint tenancy with the ward’s sister. The sister was not a beneficiary of the ward’s will. The conservator was also surcharged for a sixth certificate of deposit that the conservator purchased in the name of the conser-vatorship and the ward’s sister as joint tenants. Because we conclude that the actions in question were a breach of the conservator’s fiduciary duty to preserve the…