Legal Opinion

Estate of Meiklejohn

California Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 1915No. L. A. No. 4127PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shaw, J. On the authority of the case of In re KirkmanEstate, 168 Cal. 688, [144 P. 745], the order appealed from will be affirmed.

The only difference between that case and this is that in that case the guardian removed was not a parent of the minor while in this case the guardian displaced was her father. This relationship, however, is of no consequence, since the statute gives the minor the authority to select a new guardian, and does not make such power dependent upon relationship. The order of the court appointing the nominated guardian constitutes an approval of her selection, and makes…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Guardianship of KirkmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Collins v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  2. Guardianship of KenteraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Guardianship of BurketCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
  4. In Re Guardianship of KerrCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  5. Craycroft v. McSwainCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917

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