Estate of L.G.T. v. N.R.

This is an appeal of a probate judgment granting letters of guardianship and con-servatorship (“guardianship”1) to N.R. (“Grandmother”), the paternal grandmother of the minor child at issue, L.G.T. (“Child”), over the objection of A.D., Child’s natural mother (“Mother”).

Mother’s first point contends the trial court erred as a matter of law “by continuing the August 20, 2012 guardianship hearing and ordering the collection of additional evidence ... in that the trial court acted on its own initiative, and not at the request of any party[.]” Mother asserts “that such action had the effect of…