In re Guardianship of E.B

Vermont Senior Citizens Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. (Legal Aid), acting on behalf of E.B., appeals a probate court order denying Legal Aid’s motion to set aside a prior order appointing a guardian for E.B. Intervenor State of Vermont moves for dismissal of the appeal on the ground that Legal Aid lacks legal capacity to bring it.

In October of 1984, the probate court placed E.B. under total involuntary guardianship. On March 30,1987, Legal Aid, on behalf of E.B., filed motions to set aside the guardianship order and for the appointment of a guardian ad litem for E.B. E.B.’s guardian…