ESTATE OF C.W.


433 Pa.Super. 167 (1994)

640 A.2d 427

Estate of C.W., an Alleged Incompetent. Appeal of Lorrie McKINLEY, Esq., Guardian Ad Litem for C.W.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorrie McKinley, Philadelphia, appellant.

Marta Engdahl, Merion, for participating party.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, McEWEN, DEL SOLE, BECK, TAMILIA, POPOVICH, JOHNSON, HUDOCK and FORD ELLIOTT, JJ.


BECK, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether a guardian with authority to consent to a tubal ligation should be appointed for C.W., a 24 year old mute woman with a mental age of 3-5. She suffers from moderately severe retardation, grand mal epilepsy, cerebral palsy and scoliosis. The trial court determined that it was in C.W.'s best interest that her mother be appointed as her guardian, with specific authority to consent to a laparoscopic tubal ligation...

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