IN RE JONES

Docket No. 57140.

128 Mich. App. 690 (1983)

341 N.W.2d 179

In re JONES JONES v. BURR

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michigan Legal Services (by Richard M. Skutt and Jennifer S. Bidwell), and Ellen Messing, of counsel, for petitioner.

Parker & Hayes, P.C. (by Lawrence L. Hayes, Jr.), for respondent.

Before: D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and M.E. DODGE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the following issue: Where an order creating a guardianship is void ab initio for lack of probate court jurisdiction, does the probate court have authority to require the de facto guardian to account to his ward? The circuit court answered that question in the negative. We reverse the order of the circuit court and affirm the probate court's order allowing the account.

On October 3, 1977, appellant Carl L. Jones signed...

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