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IN MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP & ESTATE OF P.A.H.

No. 82-2118.

115 Wis.2d 670 (1983)

340 N.W.2d 577

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP & ESTATE OF P.A.H., a Minor: WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. P.A.H., a Minor, Joseph Muratore, Guardian ad Litem, and William R. Binetti, Successor Guardian of the Estate of P.A.H., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by Charles Constantine of Constantine, Christensen, Krohn & Kerscher, S.C., of Racine.

For the respondents there was a joint brief and joint oral argument by Joseph J. Muratore and William R. Binetti, both of Racine.

Before Scott, C.J., Voss, P.J., and Robert W. Hansen, Reserve Judge.

HANSEN, R.J.

The threshold issue on this appeal is whether a successor guardian's attorney fees and the guardian ad litem fees are proper items of costs to be assessed against a former guardian and his surety where the trial court has determined that the former guardian has mismanaged guardianship assets.1

On October 15, 1980, Vernon A. Hanks petitioned the Racine county circuit court, probate branch, for an order appointing him...

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