Cummings v. Stanford

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, Marjorie Stanford, filed a petition with the probate court to be appointed guardian over the property of the appellant, Mary Cummings, her mother. The probate court denied the petition, but the superior court reversed and granted it. This appeal followed.

At the time of the hearing, the appellant was 65 and the mother of four grown children. Her husband died in May 1988; prior to his death, he had been responsible for all the household finances. The exact extent of the estate he left could not be ascertained, but it was enough to accrue over $10,000 in…