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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF PESCINSKI

No. 668.

67 Wis.2d 4 (1975)

226 N. W. 2d 180

IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF PESCINSKI: LAUSIER, Appellant, v. PESCINSKI, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 25, 1975.

Opinion filed March 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Eugene A. Kershek of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by Stephen O'Meara, guardian ad litem, and O'Meara & O'Meara, all of West Bend, and oral argument by Stephen O'Meara.

WILKIE, C. J.

Does a county court have the power to order an operation to be performed to remove a kidney of an incompetent ward, under guardianship of the person, and transfer it to a sister where the dire need of the transfer is established but where no consent has been given by the incompetent or his guardian ad litem, nor has any benefit to the ward been shown?

That is the issue presented on appeal here. The trial court held that it did not have...

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