Strange v. Powers

This is a petition in the Probate Court, Suffolk County, by the conservator of the estate of Gerda J. Williams for permission to make gifts of the ward’s property in the amount of $33,000 to herself, who is the ward’s daughter, and the amounts of $3,000 each to the conservator’s two daughters and four grandchildren. General Laws c. 201, § 38, as amended by St. 1969, c. 422, which became effective September 15, 1969, is set forth in full in Appendix A.

We summarize the allegations of the petition. The petitioner is the ward’s heir presumptive. The ward’s annual income has for some years been in…