IN RE GAMBLE

No. 78-082. No. 78-144.

118 N.H. 771 (1978)

IN THE MATTER OF ALBERT GAMBLE. IN THE MATTER OF WAYNE CUMMINGS.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cohen, guardian ad litem, and David Wolowitz (Mitchell Simon orally), for respondents Albert Gamble and Wayne Cummings.

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general, Wilbur A. Glahn III, assistant attorney general (Deborah J. Cooper, attorney, orally), for petitioner Raymond Gerbi, superintendent, New Hampshire Hospital.

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general (Deborah J. Cooper, attorney, orally), for petitioner Jack E. Melton, superintendent, Laconia State School.


DOUGLAS, J.

Questions of law concerning the nomination of and payment for guardians for patients at the New Hampshire Hospital and residents of the Laconia State School were certified to this court pursuant to RSA 547:30 by the Merrimack County Probate Court (Cushing, J.) and the Belknap County Probate Court (Burlingame, J.).

According to the stipulated facts, Albert Gamble is a mentally deficient 44-year-old patient at the New Hampshire Hospital...

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