Legal Opinion
Matter of Terwilliger
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 1982No. 812PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County, Orphans’ Court Division, appointing a guardian for Mildred J. Terwilliger and authorizing said guardian to give consent to the sterilization of his ward.
We vacate and remand for proceedings consistent with this Opinion.
The scenario of this case began to unfold with the filing of a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of The Person of Mildred J. Terwilliger by Melvin L. and Florence K. Terwilliger, the parents of the ward. In said Petition, Melvin sought to have Mildred declared incompetent and…
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