IN RE RICHARD

No. WD34007.

655 S.W.2d 110 (1983)

In re Alleged Incompetency of Edna E. RICHARD. Guy Duncan RICHARD, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Edna E. RICHARD, Respondent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

July 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mulford & Cole, Kirksville, for respondent-appellant.

Vance R. Frick, Kirksville, for petitioner-respondent.

Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and WASSERSTROM and MANFORD, JJ.


WASSERSTROM, Judge.

The principal question presented is whether the evidence supports the finding of the Probate Court that appellant Edna E. Richard ("Edna") is incompetent. We answer that question in the affirmative. We further hold that the admission of certain evidence of which complaint is made was nonprejudicial.

Edna at the time of the hearing before the Probate Court was 74 years of age. In February 1982 she entered the Boone County Hospital for open...

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