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STATE DEPT. OF SOCIAL WELFARE v. RICHARDS, CONSERVATOR

No. 46,360

209 Kan. 403 (1972)

496 P.2d 1287

IN RE: CONSERVATORSHIP OF JAMES B. RICHARDS, STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MILDRED RICHARDS, CONSERVATOR OF ESTATE OF JAMES B. RICHARDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Davis, of Leavenworth, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

J.J.B. Wigglesworth, attorney for the state department of social welfare, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

The issue in this case is whether the state department of social welfare may recover from the estate of a conservatee the cost of his maintenance, care and treatment while confined in the state security hospital at Larned pursuant to a commitment issued by a district court when he was found incompetent to stand trial on a pending criminal charge.

The conservatee, James B. Richards, was found incompetent...

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