In Re Conservatorship of Malecha

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Conservator Lawrence Malecha challenges the district court’s partial denial of attorneys’ and conservators’ fees, which was based on the court’s determination that conservatee Thomas Malecha was not indigent when the fees were earned. Because the asset-transfer provision under the medical-assistance statute is not a component of the definition of indigency under the conservatorship statute, we reverse.

FACTS

The district court appointed Lawrence Malecha conservator for his uncle, Thomas Malecha, on February 8, 1998. Thomas Malecha had lived independently on his Rice County…